Balancing Act -NOT working - High Cholesterol Message Board

PollyAnn · 08-16-2006, 08:21 AM

You usually find me posting on the Diabetes threads but now I'm here (sadly)

I have worked hard this past year and my recent Diabetic A1C was 5.0. Great! I thought!

Well, with that same blood work I had my cholesterol tested and it was way off track. I even tested a week later to see if it wasn't a lab error and my numbers are:

Chol: 257
Tri: 189
HDL: 43
LDL: 177
Ratio: 6.0

I don't understand when I have learned so well what is 'good food' for me that my Cholesterol numbers would be so bad.

Anyone battling Diabetic's and Cholesterol issues like this?

PollyAnn

LauraBow · 08-16-2006, 12:10 PM

What were your numbers before? I find that a low carb diet that keeps my blood sugar in line also keeps my cholesterol results low.

PollyAnn · 08-16-2006, 01:19 PM

I'll have to look for my past numbers but I know they were never a concern because they were just about where they should be.

I eat a healthy low-cab diet (watched carb's as I call it) that's clear to see by my A1C of 5.0. My diet consist of foods such as organic steel cut oats w/flaxseed, and heart healthy supplements (Hawthrone Berry, Black Cohosh, Cayenne, Policosanol, Artichoke ect...).

My doctor is also baffled over the Cholesterol numbers since my glucose is in such great control through diet ALONE (no diabetic meds.). He wants me to test again in 4 weeks. And he also thinks these numbers are somehow wrong....

PollyAnn

Mark1e · 08-16-2006, 02:55 PM

I am also a diabetic and watch these numbers closely. A low-carb diet will reduce those triglycerides and increase your HDL. So the TC/HDL ratio should come right down. Your blood sugar is very good. But a low-carb diet will also slow down the progression of insulin resistance, which is a stronger predictor of heart disease than cholesterol anyway.

Cheers,

Mark

PollyAnn · 08-17-2006, 07:19 AM

I have been eating strict low carb for over a year and I evaluate everything I put in my mouth. If I lower my carb's anymore then I would be eating NO carb's and that's not for me. But thanks anyway Mark1e.