Those are great numbers, and maybe typical for someone going paleo. You
might have a doctor who is concerned about the total cholesterol going up,
but if so, then you have an uninformed doctor. When the HDL goes up and the
TG goes down, the LDL becomes more of the large-fluffy, and everything's
good. But you probably already knew all that. If you have one of the idiot
doctors, get him or her to read Taubes, or get another doctor. I got my
doctor to read Taubes, and he's had a big change of outlook.

On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 9:30 PM, Todd Reed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Here we go.
>
> Sorta paleo, sorta not
> 6/22/2007
> HDL - 51
> Trig - 58
> Chol/HDL - 3.8
> chol - 195
> ldl calc 132
>
> Now 98% paleo
> 3/25/2010
> HDL - 71
> Trig - 39
> Chol/HDL - 3.2
> Chol - 227
>
> Todd
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 12:03 PM, Todd Reed <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Okay, I'll post them later today.
> >
> > Todd
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 8:46 AM, Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Todd Reed wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I've just received a lab blood test result, second one in three
> >>> years, so now I've got a baseline I can reference.
> >>> ...
> >>>
> >>> What I am looking for is an idea of
> >>> what norms people eating a paleo-style diet are looking to see in a
> >>> blood test result. Or just get some help interpreting my results.
> >>>
> >>
> >> There are lots of different kinds of lab tests, so maybe you want to
> post
> >> the numbers as an opener. Unless you're concerned about putting out
> personal
> >> medical information for all to see in perpetuity in the archives! In
> that
> >> case, you should have started with "My brother-in-law just got back his
> test
> >> results..."
> >>
> >> Most places you look these days are saying the TG/HDL ratio is the most
> >> important test of blood lipids, and should be under 2.0, or preferably
> under
> >> 1.0. Beyond that there is CRP, and a bunch of different, more expensive
> >> tests:
> >> http://www.bhlinc.com/clin_test.php
> >> http://www.atherotech.com/
> >> http://www.atherotech.com/content/files/pdfs/vap_report_sample.pdf
> >>
> >>
> >>
> http://www.your-story.org/spectracell-laboratories-now-offers-hs-omega-3-indexr-161378/
> >> http://www.spectracell.com/lpp/
> >>
> >> Then, if you really want to be sure, there is the heart scan, or calcium
> >> scoring, which directly images your arterial plaque using EBT or CT
> scan.
> >>
> >> Here are my numbers and ratios, before and after paleo and a 32lb.
> weight
> >> loss:
> >>
> >> 12/1998: TG/HDL 74/50  1.48  (before paleo low-carb)
> >> 02/2005: TG/HDL 47/59   .797
> >> 04/2007: TG/HDL 62/54  1.15
> >> 11/2007: TG/HDL 28/62   .45  (working out)
> >> 08/2009: TG/HDL 43/64   .67  (not working out for couple years)
> >
> >
> >
>