Yes, that's pretty much it. The doctor's office gave me a warning about cholesterol levels. Also, he was interested in my diet and said he had seen mention of it at a recent doctor's convention. Go figure. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:11 PM, Hilary McClure <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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) > > > > > > > > > > > >