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> From:         Rick Strong[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:         Wednesday, January 27, 1999 8:16 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      [P-F] blood lipids
>
>     Three and a half weeks ago,  my wife and I started a paleo version of
> the Atkins diet and quickly got into ketosis.  Out of curiosity,  I had a
> blood draw last week and found that my total cholesterol had dropped from
> a
> prior reading of194 to 162;   my HDL (good cholesterol)  rose from 45 to
> 53
> and the LDL bad) fell from 135 to 86.  However, my triglycerides rose from
> 67 to 115 (still within the normal range but higher than I wanted to see.
>
the rise in triglycerides may not be from what you have been eating. As your
insulin levels decrease, triglycerides will be released from storage in fat
cells. Eventually things should balance out and your TG's level should fall.