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Where were you all my life? I discovered this on my own back when my blood sugar finally topped 200. Visited DiabetesDaily.com and read about low carb.
For two months I religiously ate 5days a wk 1 packet of Quaker Oats Weight Control oatmeal with 1-2 t flaxseedmeal stirred in topped with cream and cinnamon. I ate only meat nuts eggs dairy(whole cream real butter and cheese) diet coke and splenda as a sweetener. I experimented with all kinds of zero flour recipes using flaxseedmeal or almondmeal-muffins, pizzacrusts, piecrusts, etc.
Labs were repeated two months later (no meds):
Cholesterol 221 to 158
Triglycerides 170 to 82
LDL 141 to 102
HDL 46 to 40 (couch potato no exercise)
Fasting glucose 224 to 142
Years later I am a lapsed low-carber, but for 3days (sort of like church at Christmas only LOL) before my last labs I did the packet of oatmeal with T of flaxseed meal again:
Cholesterol 223 to 187
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How do I find a doctor that understands a low-carb diet, various ratios and how the diet affects my blood tests? And is the CRP test a good indication of how well I am doing? (Result was .4) I am stressing over a high cholesterol reading. Thanks.
