Cholesterol Test

Are you worried that high fat intake will raise your bad cholesterol?  Seventeen years of test results are below.  I am now a true believer that eating correctly – low-carb, moderate protein, high fat – impacts health in a positive way.  You just can’t argue with success.  My only wish is that I’d had my blood work done in May 2010 before I started Atkins.  The yellow highlighted cells indicate results that are outside of the ideal range. 

Date	Total	Tri	HDL	LDL	Ttl/H Ratio	L/H
Ideal	<200	<100	>50	<100	<4.5	<4.1
15-Feb-95	205	99	47	138	4.36	2.94
19-Feb-96	227	69	54	159	4.20	2.94
15-Apr-97	180		63	117	2.86	1.86
11-Jan-00	202	65	71	118	2.85	1.66
26-Mar-01	197	91	63	116	3.13	1.84
20-Feb-02	181	63	53	115	3.42	2.17
06-Aug-02	177	53	43	123	4.12	2.86
03-Feb-03	194	79	55	123	3.53	2.24
28-Mar-05	184	49	46	128	4.00	2.78
23-Jun-05	143	58	56	75	2.55	1.34
26-Jan-06	128	56	40	77	3.20	1.93
31-Jul-06	182	64	58	111	3.14	1.91
05-Dec-06	174	45	98	97	1.78	0.99
12-Sep-07	177	53	63	103	2.81	1.63
12-Sep-08	173	60	49	112	3.53	2.29
09-Apr-09	190	34	90	93	2.11	1.03
14-Jun-10	167	66	71	83	2.35	1.17
19-Nov-10	178	45	69	96	2.58	1.39
22-Aug-11	175	36	86	82	2.03	0.95
3-Apr-12	184	41	91	85	2.02	0.93

From March 2005 to January 2006 I tried statin drugs.  I will never take them again.  The muscle cramp side effects were horrendous. 

I lost my husband to brain cancer in Oct. 2006.  He was diagnosed 3 1/2 months earlier, after which my weight fell at an alarming rate because of stress.  Interesting that my cholesterol levels five weeks later on Dec. 5, 2006 were pretty great.  I much prefer low-carbing to stressed starvation, however, to positively affect my totals.