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Much the same, one year carnivore as of last week. Physically I'm greatly improved. Mentally I'm happier and less fragile, and I've been particularly productive

Much the same, one year carnivore as of last week. Physically I'm greatly improved. Mentally I'm happier and less fragile, and I've been particularly productive at work. But my cholesterol has risen and my doctor wants me on statins. Brain fog is a common side effect of those. I declined. I don't believe my higher cholesterol is dangerous in a carnivore context, but even if it were, I would tend to choose a clear mind and a sudden death over a fogged mind and longer life. I also have extended strict vegan experience, and stopped partly due to brain fog.

chiefgeek 5y ago
I told my doctor I would not take them. No way. I haven’t felt this good in years.
LinuxBender 5y ago
Most doctors are also quite a bit behind on the science around cholesterol. Most of them still just measure HDL and LDL and consider LDL to be "bad". There is some hope however. Some doctors are starting to do lipid panels on the LDL to get a spectrum analysis of small dense particles to large buoyant particles. There is light at the end of the tunnel, at least for the doctors that are not being coerced into pushing statins.
mancerayder 5y ago
Do you have exercise habits ? I notice in this thread there is little mention of this giant portion of the heart-health puzzle, and talk of nutrition only. I've been doing weight training for years (because I don't enjoy endurance exercise) and it's kept my numbers in strong shape. I eat a vast amount of animal products (although heavily biased towards fish and eggs instead of red meat), and could not imagine for a second a vegetarian and especially vegan diet. I think a vegan diet requires supplementation (B12, and god knows what else), for one thing, and most vegans aren't doing it for health reasons but for moral ones. But I still think the biggest health killer is a lifestyle with insufficient movement in the day to day. Many people don't even walk anywhere, and their ever-increasing sizes show it.

chiefgeek 5y ago

I told my doctor I would not take them. No way. I haven’t felt this good in years.

LinuxBender 5y ago

Most doctors are also quite a bit behind on the science around cholesterol. Most of them still just measure HDL and LDL and consider LDL to be "bad". There is some hope however. Some doctors are starting to do lipid panels on the LDL to get a spectrum analysis of small dense particles to large buoyant particles. There is light at the end of the tunnel, at least for the doctors that are not being coerced into pushing statins.

mancerayder 5y ago

Do you have exercise habits ? I notice in this thread there is little mention of this giant portion of the heart-health puzzle, and talk of nutrition only. I've been doing weight training for years (because I don't enjoy endurance exercise) and it's kept my numbers in strong shape. I eat a vast amount of animal products (although heavily biased towards fish and eggs instead of red meat), and could not imagine for a second a vegetarian and especially vegan diet. I think a vegan diet requires supplementation (B12, and god knows what else), for one thing, and most vegans aren't doing it for health reasons but for moral ones. But I still think the biggest health killer is a lifestyle with insufficient movement in the day to day. Many people don't even walk anywhere, and their ever-increasing sizes show it.