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Cholesterol levels too low after 1 year Paleo? Are these normal levels?
Background info: I have Lupus which has been in remission for about 1 year now, pretty much since I went Paleo. I CrossFit 5 times a week and I feel great. I have been sleeping a b …
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Does the Paleosphere Have Its Own Flawed Diet-Heart Hypothesis?
Back in March of 2011, I got a lipid panel run after eating a diet loaded with butter and cream and at or less than 100g of carbs per day for 6 months or so. Pretty standard "paleo …
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Hack My Blood Work
I just had a few things done. I turn 22 this month. I am a 6'1 (186cm) 180lbs (81.6kg) male. Body fat is 8-10%. I broke my leg 6 weeks ago and the test was done 1 week ago. (5 week …
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Adipose formation propensity: glucose in the presence of high plasma free-fatty-acid concentration or high plasma triglyceride concentration?
Postprandial triglyceride and free fatty acid metabolism in obese women after either endurance or resistance exercise. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23580597
In brief it seem …
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Starting Paleo with already high Triglycerides … now have Gallstones?!!
Hello all - I'm 3 weeks new to Paleo! I want to do the Whole30 but I'm having an issue giving up my tsp of sugar in my coffee :( Its a process and I'm working on it!
I have a few …
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High LDL, Low triglycerides, high ferritan iron loading
First of all, I am 28 years old, 83kgs, fit, lift weights, do karate, sleep well, rest lots, have a hungry apetite to improve my life even though I already consider it to be pretty …
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NMR Lipid Test Complete…Need to Find a Doc Who Knows What He/She is Looking At
I just had an NMR test done for a "no doubt about it" lipid profile. I'm looking for a Doc who can read the test results and give me an honest to goodness assessment of where I sta …
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Pancreatitis from going from lots of fruit to almost none
I went raw vegan almost a year ago now on a whim. I was and still am suffering from tremendous neck and back pain and bought into the idea it was from too much protein. After 10 mo …
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If you go high fat must you also go low carb?
After reading through Jack Kronk's question regarding his cholesterol numbers I got to wondering whether high fat is only healthy in the absence of high carb and vice versa. Grok p …
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With my meat something sweet, before or after should I eat?
I have gotten into the habit of eating blueberries on the same plate as my meat and vegetables, rather than eating them separately as a dessert.
What I want to know is, are there …
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Should everybody be tested for ApoE4 before going high fat Paleo?
First of all, I'm assuming the hypothesis that ApoE4 carriers (one or two alleles) face the problem of high LDL Cholesterol and TC, probably due to a diet high in saturated fat.
I …
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How has Paleo changed your Triglycerides?
Hello all. I want to thank you in advance for reading this. I have been paleo(ish) for a little while. Still wanting to take the final jump into full paleo, but I do have Crohns an …
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Glucose vs fat for exercise, your opinion. (Reworded)
Both glucose and fat rely on similar enzyme systems towards the end of ATP conversion, but the conversion of glucose starts with glycolysis, fat via beta-oxidation.
Lactic acid is …
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Hack my Blood Test Results
This is my first post even though I search this site all of the time. I've been doing Paleo religiously for the last 3 months due to a fairly poor blood test back in May (it's wha …
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Hack my blood lipid results (young guy, on paleo ~7 years, athlete)
Hey
I recently got some bloodwork done. Just turned 25.
Total cholesterol was above 11mmol/l
LDL cholesterol was above 9mmol/l
HDL was 1.41 mmol/L
Triglycerides were 1.06 mmol/L
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