notsoswoleCPA
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In December of 2017, my new HRT doctor had me start this diet in the attempts to flip my good and bad cholesterol levels. For the last NINE MONTHS, I followed a regime of eating red meat once per week, eliminating egg yolks, taking a gram of fish oil per day, and eating an avocado per day. Do you want to know how much my HDL and LDL cholesterol changed? Nothing that I would consider statistically relevant!
I have my follow-up appointment on Monday, but I doubt he will convince me to eat even more vegetables, chicken, turkey, and fish than I have been eating... In fact, my HDL and LDL levels were better BEFORE I started this asinine diet that was supposed to make things better.
For the record, my November labs had my HDL at 34 mg/dL and the LDL at 123 mg/dL. Post super strict diet, my HDL was 31 mg/dL and my LDL was 130 mg/dL. To think, my new doctor stated that my cholesterol would improve significantly on this diet!
Pre-diet my overall cholesterol was 186 mg/dL and Post diet it was 183 mg/dL. On the bright side, my triglycerides did improve the most going from 144 mg/dL down to 109 mg/dL. I attribute that to the extra cardio that I have been putting in but maybe diet impacted something that was already in the normal range to begin with. Regardless, I guess it is true when it comes to diet and the fact that it will barely change cholesterol in some. What is the latest stat, 25% of one's cholesterol is impacted by what they eat?
The only thing added to my HRT regime was HCG. My Anastrozole dosage was actually lowered from 1 mg per week to .25 mg per week then back up to .5 mg per week...
I have my follow-up appointment on Monday, but I doubt he will convince me to eat even more vegetables, chicken, turkey, and fish than I have been eating... In fact, my HDL and LDL levels were better BEFORE I started this asinine diet that was supposed to make things better.
For the record, my November labs had my HDL at 34 mg/dL and the LDL at 123 mg/dL. Post super strict diet, my HDL was 31 mg/dL and my LDL was 130 mg/dL. To think, my new doctor stated that my cholesterol would improve significantly on this diet!
Pre-diet my overall cholesterol was 186 mg/dL and Post diet it was 183 mg/dL. On the bright side, my triglycerides did improve the most going from 144 mg/dL down to 109 mg/dL. I attribute that to the extra cardio that I have been putting in but maybe diet impacted something that was already in the normal range to begin with. Regardless, I guess it is true when it comes to diet and the fact that it will barely change cholesterol in some. What is the latest stat, 25% of one's cholesterol is impacted by what they eat?
The only thing added to my HRT regime was HCG. My Anastrozole dosage was actually lowered from 1 mg per week to .25 mg per week then back up to .5 mg per week...