Personally I don't think that LDL as such causes any "damage".Is the idea here that the trigs facilitate the process by which LDL can damage arterial walls, so better for the trigs to be low? Or are elevated trigs harmful directly independently of LDL?
I don’t know why my own trigs are low, as my A1c is merely moderate at 38 and my daily carbs are normally about 150g daily, although at present I am doing a 180g trial. Endless mysteries!Personally I don't think that LDL as such causes any "damage".
Lower trigs are usually associated with lower inflammation levels possibly due to reduction in carbohydrate (sugar) levels in the body.
Nothing is proven in the relationhip between heart disease and cholesterol and there are multiple theories as to actual causes.
The theories that I think are the most logical disagree with most mainstream thinking (which as usual leads to profits for companies that make LDL lowering drugs).
I don’t know why my own trigs are low, as my A1c is merely moderate at 38 and my daily carbs are normally about 150g daily, although at present I am doing a 180g trial. Endless mysteries!
Yes to 2000 cals but my sat fats account for about 30% of that which is quite high, almost all of it from dairy products. My BMI is pretty low at 20.Low saturated fat intake?
2000 calories a day?
Sounds like the pretty perfect diet for you then.. Just stick with it and you'll be fine..Yes to 2000 cals but my sat fats account for about 30% of that which is quite high, almost all of it from dairy products. My BMI is pretty low at 20.
Thank you, will do!Sounds like the pretty perfect diet for you then.. Just stick with it and you'll be fine..
Yes to 2000 cals but my sat fats account for about 30% of that which is quite high, almost all of it from dairy products. My BMI is pretty low at 20.
'That's 66g saturated fats, 2000 x30% divided by 9.
Butter has 51g per 100g.
Cream has 12g.
so a combination of somewhere between half a bar, 130g of butter, and half a litre of cream?
It's a good result, if it suits you.
Higher than my targets, and an LDL of 3.4 is over my personal limit though.
To gain weight, I'd target more calories, proteins, healthy fats, and add low GI carbs for me, subject to BG.
But not just solely BG for me, I look at every health issue as a holistic approach.
Sorry, I misquoted the percentage of cals from my sat fats - it is about 15% not 30%, so the sat fats are about 33g daily, out of total fats 81g. The 33g come mainly from yoghurt and cheese, with some from milk and coconut chips. My latest “calculated LDL” was 3.1, and “non-HDL” was 3.4. Daily cals work out at 38.7% from carbs, 39.6% from fats and 21.7% from protein.'That's 66g saturated fats, 2000 x30% divided by 9.
Butter has 51g per 100g.
Cream has 12g.
so a combination of somewhere between half a bar, 130g of butter, and half a litre of cream?
It's a good result, if it suits you.
Higher than my targets, and an LDL of 3.4 is over my personal limit though.
To gain weight, I'd target more calories, proteins, healthy fats, and add low GI carbs for me, subject to BG.
But not just solely BG for me, I look at every health issue as a holistic approach.
Sorry, I misquoted the percentage of cals from my sat fats - it is about 15% not 30%, so the sat fats are about 33g daily, out of total fats 81g. The 33g come mainly from yoghurt and cheese, with some from milk and coconut chips. My latest “calculated LDL” was 3.1, and “non-HDL” was 3.4. Daily cals work out at 38.7% from carbs, 39.6% from fats and 21.7% from protein.
