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Weight Loss Forum / Low Carb / January 2004My cholesterol test results are in
I had my cholesterol tested (fasting) on Feb 21, 2003. I started the Atkins diet in June of 2003. My latest test is from Jan 14, 2004. Total Cholesterol went up from 163 to 168 HDL cholesterol went up from 71 to 82 LDL cholesterol went down from 77 to 75 Triglycerides went from 73 to 56. Some things did go up, though: ALT went from 16 to 21 but still within range. BUN went from 21 to 23. BUN/Creatinine Ratio went from 23 to 33. That's the only one that is "out of range" with the range being from 8-27. Several things went down: serum Creatinine from 0.9 to 0.7, serum sodium from 140 to 129, total serum protein from 7.0 to 6.8 (I thought this was a high protein diet!), serum chloride from 106 to 105, and serum alkaline phosphates from 75 to 64. Still, the ole Atkins diet can't be THAT bad for a person. My ratio of HDL to total Cholesterol went from 2.29 down to 2.04. All in all, I am pretty pleased. Now, I have to find out about that BUN/Creatinine Ratio.... My belief is that this way of eating is not as extreme or odd as some people would have you think. I heard a commercial for some weight loss product talking about the "severe side effects of the Atkins diet" but I haven't heard anyone here mention anything like that. Just eating less sugar seems to have helped quite a bit, but I don't know if that accounts for the HDL going up. Pat in TX Absolutely oawesome results, congratulations. i > I had my cholesterol tested (fasting) on Feb 21, 2003. I started the Atkins > diet in June of 2003. My latest test is from Jan 14, 2004. [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > going up. > Pat in TX >. I heard a commercial for some weight loss product >talking about the "severe side effects of the Atkins diet" but I haven't >heard anyone here mention anything like that. Just eating less sugar seems >to have helped quite a bit, but I don't know if that accounts for the HDL >going up. >Pat in TX Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: weight loss more energy better cholesterol labs never being hungry shortly after eating Anyone else? Yvonne > >. I heard a commercial for some weight loss product > >talking about the "severe side effects of the Atkins diet" but I haven't [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Anyone else? my "pee pee" fell off. (that one always cracks me up) >Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: >weight loss [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Anyone else? No more heartburn or headaches! LCing since 12/01/03- Me- 265/234/140 & hubby- 310/260/180 > Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: > weight loss [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Anyone else? Permanently normal blood pressure, even when screwing up maintenance. Goodbye a cluster of symptoms of food alergy: snoring, chronic cough, indigestion, constant gas. >> Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: >> weight loss [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Goodbye a cluster of symptoms of food alergy: snoring, chronic cough, >indigestion, constant gas. No more dry skin. No more heartburn/acid reflux. Regularity of the bowel kind. :-) > >> Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: > >> weight loss [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Regularity of the bowel kind. :-) You know, I hadn't even noticed that my occasional heartburn no longer occurs. -- ..???)) -:?:- ?..? ..???)) ((??..? ...? GARTH -:?:- -:?:- ((??..?* > You know, I hadn't even noticed that my occasional heartburn no longer > occurs. When something bad *goes away* it can be quite hard to notice unless someone else points it out. All my life I'd had a smokers cough but had not touched tobacco. Friends even knew when I was coming to their door from my cough. It went away around the end of Induction yet it was a while before someone pointed out that I wasn't coughing any more. When something bad *comes back* it's somewhat easier to notice. The first time I tried wheat several months in, I immediately noticed the cough and indigestion come back but others had had to point them out to me when they'd gone away. Outside perspective helps a lot. Half of Atkins is identifying food intolerance symptoms and causes but *how* is not discussed in the books because the symptoms are too varied and individual. Description was beyond Dr A's writing skills. I suspect folks who got to see him in person came away with a pretty good understanding of how to figure out a food intolerance. > When something bad *goes away* it can be quite hard to notice unless > someone else points it out. All my life I'd had a smokers cough but > had not touched tobacco. Friends even knew when I was coming to their > door from my cough. It went away around the end of Induction yet it > was a while before someone pointed out that I wasn't coughing any more. That cough was probably related to your indigestion. It's a common symptom of acid reflux disease. Chakolate  SignatureLive as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. --Mahatma Gandhi >>> Severe side effects of the Atkins diet: >>> weight loss [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > >Regularity of the bowel kind. :-) Almost immediate repair of my previously damaged kidneys, and blood tests showing that the improvement has continued after more than 5 1/2 years of low-carbing. So much for the 'kills your kidneys' nay-sayers! Aramanth |
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