miriamgubovic Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi guys! I've been paleo since January and on day 21 of my second Whole30. I just got my blood results back and I was shocked to find out that my already high cholesterol (241 in November 2012) went up to 310. Now I have to defend myself in front of my husband who is telling me to stop eating eggs (I eat 2, max 3 per day) and coconut butter (I'd have 2-3 tsp after dinner). I'm strict with my diet, do crossfit 4-5times a week, bike to work (total of 45-50mins each day). Any ideas why the numbers could be so high? Any advice is appreciated Desperate here! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitjm5 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 http://paleononpaleo.com/paleo-high-cholesterol/ Informative place to start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 One guy who's writtena lot about cholesterol is Dr John Briffa. He has a good post about it here http://www.drbriffa.com/2013/04/17/how-reliable-are-cardiovascular-disease-calculators/ He concludes "However, a study published in 2009 found that almost three-quarters of individuals admitted to hospital because of heart disease had LDL-cholesterol levels that would be regarded as acceptable or even low [4]. This caused some to call for cholesterol targets to be brought down even further. Another interpretation might be this: LDL-cholesterol is not a particularly important factor in heart disease and therefore not a good predictor for the condition either." He's not Paleo oriented so much as low carb but he's researched and written a lot about cholesterol. There's loads of articles on his blog that make really interesting reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penotti Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi Miriam, I've had a similiar situation, after going Paleo my cholesterol went up as well: http://i.imgur.com/i5nPW.png (number might be calculated different here, but when the numbers are in blue, it's considered bad) But as far as I know, your tryglicerides are very important and if they are low, there is nothing to worry about. I posted my "problem" on Reddit a while ago, and got some good feedback as well: http://nl.reddit.com...terol_question/ Also, in my country the rule is, if you divide your total cholesterol by your HDL, the number should be below 4 (so in my case it's 2.4) I have an almost exact eating/exercise pattern to you, except for the coconut butter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miriamgubovic Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hi guys! Thank you for the great references and advice Penotti, my comes up to 2.6 when divided And also, my tryglicerides are 32. I don't really understand that number, but on the blood results it is marked as very good. Thank you all again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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