You / someone you know:
👉Had LDL 160 or under before keto
👉LDL increased to 190 or more on keto
👉HDL 60 or more
👉Triglycerides 80 or below
👉2 or more years on keto
While much of the feedback on @nicknorwitz’s new paper (below) has been positive, there have been some with concerns regarding use of CGMs for @harvardmed students in this context.
2/4 Assume the entire experiment was performed in an identical manner save one change:
Instead of using CGMs, the students simply did a high frequency of finger stick blood tests through a glucose monitor (glucometer), effectively getting likewise results to those reported.
3/4 Would this one alteration alleviate much of the concern about the CGM use?
1/ Yes, the topic of a "hyper-response" with high #LDL#Cholesterol (LDLc) on #keto has been coming up a lot this summer, particularly for #LMHRs -- and that's a good thing. More discussion and research desired!
I'll try to unpack the key differences in 3 standing hypotheses...
I’m incredibly thankful for that day back in March 2015 when I got an A1c of 6.1 for the second year in a row.
Why?
It led to my finding #lowcarb as a possible means to prevent the onset diabetes…
2/ Shortly after starting, I had immediate family members with health issues be inspired to do likewise.
One of those immediate family members had an A1c of 8.1 at the time. Two were hypertensive, and taking medication for it. And these are just the immediate family members…
3/ off the top of my head, I think there are roughly 2 dozen people between both close friends and family who are sustained lower carb now than they were before For weight loss, or other reasons of health gain.
To be sure, it hasn’t worked for everyone, nor would I expect that.