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    September 27, 2011

    Cholesterol Victory for Ryan and Must Listen Cholesterol Information

    Ryan’s cholesterol has not been stellar the entire time I have known him (16 years)…but now it is pretty darn good (definitely in the acceptable range)! Thank you, Whole 30.

    What a difference not eating wheat and dairy makes! Actually, I think it is the wheat that was the problem with respect to wacky cholesterol. It makes Ryan’s and Colson’s faces swell when they eat it and sometimes their eyes are just slits. Ryan finally kept the wheat completely out of his diet for the last seven weeks (along with sweetener, dairy and beans), and on his fourth cholesterol test since June he tested fine.

    I have learned some great information regarding cholesterol testing, numbers and more. This podcast is definitely worth your time: Chris Masterjohn on Cholesterol. Chris is the go to cholesterol researcher. Based on this podcast, Ryan’s cholesterol will continue to excel once his weight stabilizes (he is still losing). Even with the magic cholesterol numbers (the baseline of which is pretty profoundly flawed – see this Chris Masterjohn Podcast) used to determine who should get statins and who shouldn’t, the numbers are pretty meaningless. I am still listening to the second Chris Masterjohn podcast and need to listen to it a second time, but Chris seems to think that amount of time cholesterol is oxidizing in the bloodstream is the real key, not the numbers.

    So, if you aren’t happy with your cholesterol numbers, you want to get off statins or you want avoid them, check out these podcasts, Chris’s blog, The Daily Lipid, and: Dr. William Davis’ podcast (former cardiothoracic surgeon who is now a preventive cardiologist).

    Chances are that this information, a Whole 30 diet and some exercise will take you where you want to be.

    P.S. If meat and fat scare you, know that my awesome cholesterol results (see Cholesterol, Blood Sugar and Thyroid – Oh my!) and Ryan’s good cholesterol results occur even though we eat foods such as this for lunch: sweet potatoes and hamburger fried in lard, and we have been eating that fat heavy for years.

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