Effects of keto style diet and cholesterol

Dave Feldman
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Also, what are your main concerns with cholesterol?

It depends. You really have to try it and see what happens to your body type. There are a certain segment of people that respond to Keto/HFLC with a large increase in LDLC. For the most part, LDL will stay level, slightly increase (immaterial) or decrease (if already abnormally high), HDL will increase materially (if coming from the standard American diet) and triglycerides will plummet. If you stick with it, your triglycerides to HDL will be <1x. If you are interested go ahead and try the Keto thing, unless you fall into that subset of people, your labs will likely improve.

We said the same thing, great post ;)
I was typing a novel while you posted...

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Would a keto style diet or something like the steak and eggs diet cause issues for someone with high cholesterol?

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The fascinating thing is you can eat a small amount of steak and eggs and the Total and HDL are lower than if you eat a large amount of steak and eggs. Cholesterol is also dependent on the amount of food shoved down the gauntlet over a three day period.

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You are gonna get a lot of post about high Cholestrol is not bad, and probably an internet link to prove their point, but high cholesterol is not to be fricked with.

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A) We need to define high- the standard definition of high @ 200 is fine. 300, I don't know, but plenty of people with healthy arteries living well above 300.
B) We need to understand if LDL is high but trigs are normal and total is normal/high that you are probably fine. If LDL is low/normal and total is high, this may be a problem.
No offense to the poster I am replying to, but you might not have baseline knowledge of blood lipids.

High triglycerides are not to be fricked with. If total cholesterol and Trigs are both elevated, then yes, I would be worried. However, I could give 2 shits about total cholesterol if my triglycerides are in check and my HDL is at a healthy range.

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You are gonna get a lot of post about high Cholestrol is not bad, and probably an internet link to prove their point, but high cholesterol is not to be fricked with.

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Cholesterol is used to repair your body. If you have high cholesterol it is because something is wrong and needs repair. How and what you eat can effect how well your repair goes though.

HDL and LDL are carriers as was mentioned before. Basically one is a carrier to the problem and one is a carrier from the problem.

I just commented on the question with Keto and lab work. For most people, labs will probably look better. There are certain people - it sounds like you are one of them - where they should probably have more plant based carbs and less fat. For what it’s worth, I also do a Paleo style diet with at least 10 servings of fruit and vegetables per day and have found similar results in my triglycerides to HDL ratio. I do not eat any processed foods or added sugars and I try to keep my non green vegetable carb window from 5-8:30 pm each night. I also eat my first meal at 11:30 or so each day. Also, I think anyone following Keto should get as many cruciferous and leafy green vegetables as possible without stepping out of ketosis. I don’t know much about the microbiome, but from what I’ve read and listened to, extra vegetables are probably a benefit in most people.

Terd are you exercising? Keto and intermittent fasting will be the best diet wise but you need to upgrade what you eat also for best effects. I.e. grass fed butter, beef, cheese etc. Free range eggs, chicken etc. Regular keto and if will make a big difference but those items will put it over the top.

Exercise and fat loss in general will make the biggest difference. 60-70% of your results will be from fatloss and lifting heavy helps that

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Terd are you exercising?

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Yep. Been building up my barn gym over the past few months. It's becoming my happy place. I try to get out there at least 4 or 5 days a week. I do regular weight lifting but I really enjoy the strongman type stuff... sandbags, sledgehammers, farmers carry. I also really enjoy boxing. I got an old ALICE pack to start doing 30+ min weighted ruck marches.

Since this pic I've added a few more things and there's still plenty of room to expand.

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