Elizabeth Miller wrote:

>My total cholesterol also went up -- but, the cause of the elevation was
>totally explained by an increase in HDL cholesterol. My LDL sub-fraction
>stayed absolutely the same. Do you know the sub-fraction numbers -- I have
>read a lot of research on this -- and for the most part when people lower
>their carb consumption and substitute them with fats, their HDL goes up and
>their triglycerides and VLDL numbers take a dive. Even if your LDL went up,
>usually the ratio of TC/HDL or LDL/HDL improves remarkably.
>
>

In my case, although HDL eventually went up somewhat, LDL went up *much*
more, so these ratios got "worse."  But TG went way down, so the TG/HDL
ratio improved substantially.  So I guess it depends on which ratio, if
any, you think is important.  I'm gambling that if any of this matters,
it's TG/HDL.

Todd Moody
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