Hilary McClure wrote:
> Just got some blood lipid numbers for my brother after a month or so
> of meat-only, high-fat living (conventional and grass-fed beef,
> Alaskan salmon, chicken, olive-oil mayonnaise), and eight years of
> off-and-on paleo low-carb with periods of cheating.
> 
> 312  total cholesterol
> 215  LDL
> 64  HDL
> 43  Triglycerides
> 
> And this is at a BMI of 22.8 and blood pressure of 102 over 60-something.
> 
> To me, the numbers look great. Am I right that it's a nice high HDL
> and a nice low TG? Which would mean the very high LDL is mostly
> large-fluffy, right? Problem is that his doctor would probably want to
> put him on statins without even checking LDL particle size, which
> seems irresponsibly ignorant. The bigger problem is that he's planning
> to apply for life insurance, and I expect they will use the number as
> an excuse to double or triple his premiums. He could take Crestor
> (rosuvastatin) for a couple of weeks and save $1,000 a year for the
> next twenty years, but I wonder what damage he might do to his health
> taking that poison for a few weeks.
> 
> Comments? Advice?
> 
> Thanks!
> Hilary
> 

The thyroid hormone T3 can also lower cholesterol.  While my thyroid 
numbers were normal, my body temperature was low.  T3 has lowered total 
cholesterol from the 215-220 range, which wasn't bad, to 154 without 
effecting HDL which is still high.  My body temperature has come up on 
100 mcg/day of T3 but it still never hits 98.6; most of the day it is 
below 98 with a short excursion just above late in the evening.  T3 can 
suppress TSH but free T3 and free T4 are still way normal.  I've just 
upped my T3 to 120 mcg and hopefully my cholesterol won't drop any farther.

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