Hi all,
I continue to remain on a high fat/moderate protein/low carb diet and from a pain/inflammation standpoint, I'm doing swimmingly. Because of my concerns of this high fat diet, I am monitoring my cholesterol. Here are my latest #s (apologies for the poor formatting, couldn't get numbers to line-up).
_______5/2010--1/2010--1/2009
LDL-----124-----148-----104
HDL-----97------94------51
What's interesting is that beginning in January, I went from two eggs fried in butter, to three eggs fried in butter for breakfast. I cook with copious amounts of butter. I also continue to eat lots of fish (fresh sardines, salmon, trout). I'm puzzled as to why my LDL would drop (not that I'm complaining!), and don't know what constitutes a 'significant' change. I have slowly resumed activity, but thought exercise would raise the good cholesterol, and not necessarily lower the bad cholesterol? Based on these results, I feel that staying on this path is an acceptable risk for me. I believe the benefits of this dietary path continue to outweigh the risks for me (let's hope I'm right!). BTW, for those of you keeping score, I'm on No Starch/No Sugar diet. I've found the fat to be helpful, especially as I've started exercising again.
Feel free to make your own conclusions above. Now that I've been able to manage my spondy in a way where I'm completely asymptomatic, I find the whole journey very fascinating and basically changing my entire view of what we're taught about health.
I don't post as much, and I see a bunch of new faces, so best of luck to whatever you try!
Freddie
