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Originally Posted by soso  ...a word of warning though, don't be too alarmed if the LDL rises a bit in the first year, the HDL will rise too actually improving the ratio.. and his triglycerides will drop to the low end of normal quite quickly.. in the 2nd yr the LDL will come down as well... it all seems to balance out... |
This has been my experience as well... my LDL-C initially went way up which freaked my Doctor..! but at the same time my HDL-C was going up and my Triglycerides were dropping.
You also need to understand the following about LDL-C:
LDL-C (the so-called "bad" cholesterol) is an over-simplification as it just gives a total volume of LDL-C... but LDL comes in different particles sizes with "large and fluffy" being seen as harmless in comparison to "small and dense" - considered by some authorities to be 300% higher risk. The implication of "volume" versus "particle size" is that someone could have an high LDL-C volume made up of large fluffy particles and still be at lower risk than someone else with a low volume of small dense particles. Please read this PDF (by Paul E. Lemanski, MD, MS, director of the Center for Preventive Medicine and Cardiovascular Health, Prime Care Physicians, P.C., and assistant clinical professor of medicine at Albany Medical College - not a "quack")
Beyond Routine Cholesterol Testing: The Role of LDL Particle Size Assessment..., print off a copy and take it to your Doctor. This is not controversial, just new, and your Doctor may not have heard about it yet. There is a blood test called "apo B" which measures LDL particle size.
