2003 Results (about which I was ecstatic, having had issues with high cholesterol pre paleo):
Triglycerides 60
HDL 90
LDL 107
Ratio 2.3

Just received 2004 Results:
Triglycerides 42 (-18 from 2003)
HDL 90 (Unchanged)
LDL 94 (-13)
Ratio 2.1 (-.2)

Note that I've increased my intake of saturated fat in the last year, which makes the continued improvement even more interesting.

Glucose is relatively unchanged at 89 (from 91 last year).  I'm still not entirely sure I need to be concerned with this.  

Also, you might recall that at last years checkup, my doctor discovered an irregular heartbeat (one I'm certain I've had for at least 15 to 20 years since I used to have trouble getting a good pulse count when I was a competitive runner back in high school and early college).  I was referred to a cardiologist, got a stress test in which I performed very strongly, and was told that the echo test found "nothing diagnostic."  Still they were concerned with the *size* of my heart and offered me some drugs (don't remember which) so that they could try to get the size of my heart down.  I refused the drugs and didn't go back to the cardiologist.  I recall trying to explain to him that one cause of my slightly larger than normal heart might be the fact that I engage in high intensity weight training twice a week.  His only reply to that was that I need to stop that immediately and do the aerobics thing instead.

Anyway, this year my doctor asks me why I didn't go back.  I explained and he called his personal cardiologist -- a "very conservative man of my vintage," my doctor put it.  His concern was that I might have valve problems that might throw off a clot and cause a stroke.  (Not sure where he got that from a skipped heartbeat and a slightly larger than normal heart).  So he faxed over the EKG so that Dr. Schwade could determine whether he wanted a repeat of the stress test or a 24 hour observation.  Will let you know how that turns out.  Any advice there appreciated.  I'm not too concerned that my *diet* is causing problems, but I am aware that I may have been born with heart irregularities, got a virus that injured my heart, or who knows what.
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