Blood tests back - I think I may be invincible. page

[Dirlot]

Just got my blood tests back, full battery of tests which they seem to do here in Canada from time time.

Total Cholesterol 4.47 mmol/L 173 mg/dl
Trigliceride 0.65 mmol/L 57 mg/dl
HDL 2.01 mmol/L 77.7 mg/dl
LDL 2.16 mmol/L 83.5 mg/dl

Total/HDL 2.2


Everything was measured in mmol/L I used an online calculator to convert md/dl

All other tests were well within normal levels except for creatine which was high as was expected because I work out.

I only wish I had test from pre-Primal

[NZ primal Gwamma]

Dirlot, I too have just had my Bloods done. Every measurement has gone down from may 2011. And I have been eating some serious fat !!!!!

Total 4.4
Tri 0.6
HDL 1.87
LDL 2.3

so I am stoked !

[Dirlot]

Sim numbers to mine...hard to find a doc here so I am having to keep mine with a pinch of salt...she was worried about my LDL numbers...lol

[Annieh]

Dirlot, I too have just had my Bloods done. Every measurement has gone down from may 2011. And I have been eating some serious fat !!!!!

Total 4.4
Tri 0.6
HDL 1.87
LDL 2.3

so I am stoked !

Great results, both of you. Yay for Primal.

[MissJecka]

This is making me really excited to get post-Primal blood-work done!

[NZ primal Gwamma]

Miss Jecka, I think that this is a really valuable tool. Even though I have always had a low cholesterol, the doubts have crept in since going primal and eating such a HUGE amount of fat. In fact so many of my friends have raised this fact many a time ! What is it doing to your heart, your cholesterol.....yaddy yaddy yar.....
I can now back up my own results with facts. It was interesting when I rang the Doctors surgery to get a blood test booked, the nurse tut-tutted as I gave her a run down of my new 4 month eating regime. Then when I rang for my results...... SURPRISE
Brilliant !!!!

[MissJecka]

That's really exciting!

I'm just scared I'm going to expect some drastic change and end up being disappointed as I usually am to see that nothing is different. When I lost 40 pounds, my total cholesterol was a whopping 1 mg/dl less (from 227mg/dl to 226mg/dl) than before I'd lost the weight. I was extremely upset at that, because I figured if I lost weight I'd finally get in the normal range!

Hopefully I'll please myself at last... and surprise my doctor and family!

[NZ primal Gwamma]

you go girl, and keep us posted !

[Dirlot]

Someone made a reference to this article http://chriskresser.com/the-most-imp...ut-cholesterol which links to associated studies. It is well worth a read, it really show how good primal eating is.

[catdance62]

how does that translate into the numbers I get from my tests which are not, like, 2.3 , 1.8 and whatnot--they are like 45, 87, 121, etc. Whole numbers.