So cutting out the 5 pounds of candy from Nuts.com. every month might help some? LOL Already did that might be why the cholesterol dropped in half in 3 months.

I’ll see what the Doc says next week when we go over the latest results on Tuesday and go from there thanks for all the input it’s interesting to hear all of the approaches to the problems.

Kevin,
I'd ask for a calcium test. Most stroke/heart attack/ valve problems are caused by excessive calcium buildup in veins and arteries. Calcium buildup as I understand is caused by the small, high density LDL (I believe that's the VLDL number).

These high fat diets usually reverse that.

Ask your Dr how much nutritional training he/she had in medical school.

My board certified Dr told me ZERO. That's why people are searching out other non-standard information. All of this new evidence has only become available in the last 14-16 years.

Goos luck.

I took that test I had zero build up I was in the zero percentage category that even surprised me the way I eat.

Acts 11-7

Bumper stick I saw says this...
Eat healthy... Exercise... Die anyway!

Seen the Doc he was happy with the drop in cholesterol still no Dino sticker for my effort. LOL We talked trapping mostly but now my eating options are way better so that’s a moral booster for me, he said some salt would not be a problem or butter.

No candy, pop, sugar, ice cream or sweets in the last 3 months and I feel better if I skip lunch I pay the price later in the afternoon the head gets a little foggy then. Recheck in 6 months will go from there.

Yes, death is inescapable, but healthy people will generally live longer and more active lives than unhealthy folks.

Glad he is smart enough to let you eat salt and butter, its actually good for you. eat all you want. Cholesterol was never a problem.

Looks like you stopped eating sugar, but carbs are the same thing. Thats why no sticker.

All Rice = Bad
Potatoes = Bad
All Bread = Bad
All Pasta =Bad
All Fruit =Bad
No beer of course.
Stop those to get your sticker.

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Would you recommend that to everyone or just those with particular health issues?
I don't have any real health issues so I try to eat very little of those white carbs, but corn and oats I don't worry about.
And by cutting way back on white carbs, and essentially no soda, I feel justified in having a couple of good IPAs every week.
In other words I don't get "religious" about it.

No beer is not a issue for me rice, pasta I don’t eat but very rarely like 4 times a year. I do miss my potato’s but I am not longing for pop like I thought I would that Stevia makes my coffee normal so that great.

After living a life of eating a high carb diet ,many are becoming insulin resistant. Meaning your body is so flooded with carbs after years it quits producing insulin.


If you eat a keto diet meaning so low carb that it puts your body into ketosis and burning ketones thats your bodys fat,instead of carbs.That puts you back into producing insulin again

You can add carbs back into your diet if all is well with your blood sugar, not a daily flood of carbs again but a cheat day, or cheat beer wont hurt then. You can also burn those carbs in the form of exercise or sauna / both if you want.

Many on here reading this are in the same boat.

If you look down and have some gut hanging. That means you have viceral fat inside. Thats the bad fat that closes your arteries and causes the heart problems.

Most heart and other health problems are caused by a high carb diet, If you have high blood pressure a keto diet will cure that too, its the same problem.

Other signs are sleep apnea, snoring, (thats from a swollen tongue) thirsty dry mouth, frequent urination, headaches, skin tags, joint pain, swollen joints and feet, are signs of becoming insulin resistant.

yukon explained it pretty well. Keto, less than 50 grams of carbs per day. Low carb, less than 130 grams of carbs per day. Many people who are diabetic that follow a keto diet can eventually add some carbs back into their meal plan with Dr's supervision.

Most patients also eventually can stop most or all of their diabetic medication.

This Dr specializes in treating people with diabetes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_6dKfHApC0

The missed chocolate is the caffeine withdraw symptoms you are experiencing now in the afternoon.( head ache)

As Bob Jameson pointed out muscle craps go hand in hand with taking stantin , Mg need to be taken over a long period of time to replace

Keep at er Law Dog

Make sure you get enough salt in your diet, to little can also cause headaches.