Reddit reviews Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers?

Your lipid numbers mean nothing.
Hell all of them are within the 10-20% of lab variance.

You need more education on the matter.

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High numbers aren't always bad. Look into what Jimmy Moore has to say about it. Often times people who eat a low carb, high fat diet can have what mainstream doctors consider to be "high" numbers, when in fact, you have to pay close attention to exactly what is high. Not everything is bad.

Here's a book if you're really interested: http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418440821&sr=8-1&keywords=cholesterol+clarity

http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383

A good place to start for him might be the book Cholesterol Clarity by Jimmy Moore.

http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383

I would strongly recommend starting with this book. It will explode a lot of the myths about cholesterol for you.

Yeah, that's the problem with convincing a skeptic with blood results. They look bad when viewed through traditional eyes.

OP, it's great you have this deal going with your mother, but over the next 6 months you have to educate her on what good blood results actually look like. High total cholesterol isn't a bad thing (in fact that number is meaningless) but if she thinks it's too high and dangerous then you haven't really "won".

I recommend Jimmy Moore's Cholesterol Clarity to help.

http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383/

You might check out the book Cholesterol Clarity: What The HDL Is Wrong With My Numbers? by Jimmy Moore, Eric C. Westman (Author) Dr Westman is the the one who did the original studies for Dr. Atkins at Duke. There are some great interviews with him on youtube.

If you're in the United States get a private test and test LDL and HDL particle levels.

https://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1503718917&sr=8-13&keywords=Cholesterol+myth

https://www.amazon.com/Great-Cholesterol-Myth-Disease-Statin-Free/dp/1592335217/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1503718917&sr=8-4&keywords=Cholesterol+myth

Basically inflammation of the arteries by suger gets small LDL to stick and that's where the problems begin. Lay of orals and keep the total dosages low. Get some plant sterols.

Check out this book:

http://www.amazon.com/Cholesterol-Clarity-What-Wrong-Numbers/dp/1936608383

I don't really think the American Heart Association has much credibility in the paleo community, and rightly so, after all they are an organization that has been pushing dietary recommendations such as:

• eat plenty of whole grains
  
• limit red meat
  
• eat plenty of low-fat dairy products
  
  For a more paleo take on cholesterol I highly recommend the book "Cholesterol Clarity" by Jimmy Moore. The book suggests:
  
• that total cholesterol is a meaningless value
  
• looking at Triglyceride/HDL ratio, around 1 is good, high values are bad
  
• that the size of LDL particles are important: large fluffy are good, small dense particles are bad. He recommends testing for the amount of small LDL-P. A ratio of small LDL-P/total LDL-P <20% is healthy.

Nurse here. Your numbers look great. You may want to read Cholesterol Clarity for some background and reassurance.