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I know my cholesterol numbers going back almost twenty years, over something like 15 tests. This is because that first test around 2007 showed my HDL was ridicu
by gcanyon 1y ago
I know my cholesterol numbers going back almost twenty years, over something like 15 tests. This is because that first test around 2007 showed my HDL was ridiculously low. So I took steps to modify it, and tested again (and again...) to see how it was progressing.
- l8rlump 1y agoHow can you increase your HDL?
- gcanyon 1y agoN=1, but: I read that carbs lower HDL, and I was eating a very carb-heavy diet. So over about two months I switched to an informal low-carb diet. e.g. I stopped drinking milk, I ate Carl's Jr. six-dollar burgers as lettuce wraps for lunch, and sometimes just roast beef and mayo. Over three months I lost something like 30 pounds, hitting a body fat percentage around 12% -- this wasn't the goal, but FWIW. My HDL before was 17, after those three months, 25. Then I added in various forms of exercise and got it up to about 55. I've since engaged in various diets, and levels of exercise -- although I've never gone back to the original diet where whole meals consisted of a quart of ovaltine. My HDL has never dropped below 40, nor been higher than 65.