Quote (Wretch @ Jul 1 2015 03:13pm)

sup all.

every 6 months i go for bloodwork with lipids panel due to having a family history of heart disease. the last 4 of those months i was experimenting with a plant-based diet that was extremely low in fat and saturated fat. my hope was to reduce my total cholesterol from 132 to <100, and my goal was to see if a big change in my diet could have any influence over the role a genetic condition may have whatsoever.

Lipid Panel With LDL/HDL Ratio
Cholesterol, Total - 131
Triglycerides 35
HDL Cholesterol 36 (low)
VLDL Cholesterol Cal 7
LDL Cholesterol Calc 88
LDL/HDL Ratio 2.4

I see my total cholesterol has not changed at all, and the only significant changes were my HDL cholesterol is now marked as low. As far as other results that have changed, my calcium serum and urinalysis pH were borderline high, whereas 6 months ago they were normal.

conclusion: genetics win. total cholesterol dropped by 1 point, so the change in diet didn't even benefit me a little bit as i'd hoped. i've felt no different on a low-fat plant-based diet than i did eating clean with animal products, same energy levels same weight consistency etc. i'll have to look into the pH and calcium thing.

Quote (cloudkicker @ Jul 5 2015 11:02am)

I still wonder why it seems researchers have never thought of this. everybody wants so badly to blame obesity on anything except inactivity. It's like they're afraid of the truth

Quote (fingerlingsthought @ Jul 9 2015 12:06am)

it hurt you considering your HDL dropped, yes?