weight training

[Francie, 2,136]

2 minutes ago, Francie, said:

You dont need to eat copious amounts mate,good fatty meat will knock the calories right up an help slow digestion to absorb nutrients better

Also real butter has plenty calories

[Pewit 970]

8 minutes ago, Francie, said:

You dont need to eat copious amounts mate,good fatty meat will knock the calories right up an help slow digestion to absorb nutrients better

I'm talking about protein goals not overall calories. As I said, it's advised to have about 0.8-1 gram of protein per lb of bodyweight.

[Pewit 970]

Before any fad diet I'd recommend everyone getting a full blood count, for all you know your cholesterol might be through the roof, same with glucose levels, etc, check to see if you have metabolic syndrome.

Be wise before you start eating tonnes of saturated fats, that way you can monitor things and adjust before you increase your risk of problems.

[mC HULL 12,109]

10 minutes ago, Pewit said:

Before any fad diet I'd recommend everyone getting a full blood count, for all you know your cholesterol might be through the roof, same with glucose levels, etc, check to see if you have metabolic syndrome.

Be wise before you start eating tonnes of saturated fats, that way you can monitor things and adjust before you increase your risk of problems.

you see ya dr or pay private mate. ? 

whata your cholesterol at ?

[mC HULL 12,109]

i go regular for mine booked in but to hospital not gp?

[mC HULL 12,109]

i call it the lying lipid center lol

[Pewit 970]

18 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

 

You can have a full blood count at the docs.

Just checking now, my total cholesterol is 5.4 which is slightly elevated but my triglycerides are good. My cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3.9 which is good but near the borderline.

[Francie, 2,136]

11 minutes ago, Pewit said:

You can have a full blood count at the docs.

Just checking now, my total cholesterol is 5.4 which is slightly elevated but my triglycerides are good. My cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3.9 which is good but near the borderline.

The higher your cholesterol the longer you will live mate

[mC HULL 12,109]

14 minutes ago, Pewit said:

You can have a full blood count at the docs.

Just checking now, my total cholesterol is 5.4 which is slightly elevated but my triglycerides are good. My cholesterol/HDL ratio is 3.9 which is good but near the borderline.

easier at dr aye they take mine at lipid center i’m 5.1 i’m ok triglycerides aswell out under 5.5 ok our age they said 

[Pewit 970]

9 minutes ago, Francie, said:

The higher your cholesterol the longer you will live mate

No mate, there's different types of cholesterol, you definitely don't want high LDL cholesterol.

[Pewit 970]

18 minutes ago, mC HULL said:

easier at dr aye they take mine at lipid center i’m 5.1 i’m ok triglycerides aswell out under 5.5 ok our age they said 

My total cholesterol has gone up from 5 to 5.4 but my HDL (good cholesterol) has gone up, my triglycerides have also lowered quite a bit, they're 0.76mmol/L.

Edited August 16 by Pewit

[Francie, 2,136]

20 minutes ago, Pewit said:

No mate, there's different types of cholesterol, you definitely don't want high LDL cholesterol.

If you dont eat crap like processed junk sugar or seed oils which damage your arteries then your ldl will be gran,ldl protects your vessels an fills in the damage caused by eating garbadge mate

[Francie, 2,136]

From the British medical journal

Note the effects of low carb diet

If we look at a population stratified by all 3 standard lipid markers, triglycerides (TG), HDL, and LDL, the Framingham Offspring Cohort, we can see that there is no increased risk of CVD associated with higher LDL levels in persons with high HDL and low TGs.[6] Elevations in LDL due to eating saturated fat are more usually accompanied by increases in HDL and decreases in TGs than not, especially when total fat replaces carbohydrate.[7] Improvement in the fasting ratio of TG to HDL is an effect reliably seen when fat, including saturated fat, replaces carbohydrate in the diet of persons with the metabolic syndrome - in other words, the carbohydrate-restricted diet works to improve a marker of cardiometabolic risk, the TG/HDL ratio, in the same high-risk cases where the low fat, saturated fat-restricted diet does not significantly improve LDL, and this effect is no less marked when the diet is high in saturated fat.[8]

[Francie, 2,136]

Full article from the BMj mate

Is the LDL response to saturated fat a sign of a healthy individual?

WWW.BMJ.COM

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[Pewit 970]

2 minutes ago, Francie, said:

From the British medical journal

Note the effects of low carb diet

If we look at a population stratified by all 3 standard lipid markers, triglycerides (TG), HDL, and LDL, the Framingham Offspring Cohort, we can see that there is no increased risk of CVD associated with higher LDL levels in persons with high HDL and low TGs.[6] Elevations in LDL due to eating saturated fat are more usually accompanied by increases in HDL and decreases in TGs than not, especially when total fat replaces carbohydrate.[7] Improvement in the fasting ratio of TG to HDL is an effect reliably seen when fat, including saturated fat, replaces carbohydrate in the diet of persons with the metabolic syndrome - in other words, the carbohydrate-restricted diet works to improve a marker of cardiometabolic risk, the TG/HDL ratio, in the same high-risk cases where the low fat, saturated fat-restricted diet does not significantly improve LDL, and this effect is no less marked when the diet is high in saturated fat.[8]

My triglycerides have improved as well as my ratio, so happy with that. And I'm not particularly eating well and not really exercising barring working and walking the dog.