Excellent progress, and keep up the great work!

I guess the best way to describe it is since the early 90s when I read Atkins and gave it a shot, I was always convinced it was effective for a bit of weight loss and especially control. But, I never went more than a few weeks with any real discipline, and this is why I gained weight slowly over time. Had I not been low carbing some of the time, I'd probably have been 260 or more instead of 230 when I got serious. But, I've always been a good meat eater, and rarely concerned about fat. Of course, doing that lowers your carb intake over time, so I trigs have always been pretty low as far as I know.

Great blog, just found you through Mark's Daily Apple.

My question is in regard to your comment above:

"Triglycerides 59. That was five years ago, so I was 42, and it was prior to really putting on the weight big time. I've done the low carb thing on and off for years, so that Trig number could be the result of being low carb at the time."

I can't quite discern if you're saying low-carb is a good thing in relation to Triglycerides, or harmful.

I can read it as, "Though my other numbers were high back then, my Trig's were relatively low, thanks to my low-carb diet," or

"My Trig's were higher back then than they are now, because of the low-carb diet."

I think it's the first one, but just wanted to clarify, since I'm also following a low-carb approach.

My insulin level was at 6. A bit above the extreme low range of 4, but probably not bad at all. I've heard Art DV say that his is around 2, i.e., unmeasurable via the standard test.

Awesome post — I'm a numbers gal. Strong work and keep it up!

Do you happen to have a baseline and current fasting insulin level? Don't worry too much about the fasting glucoses. I think Peter/Hyperlip explained once that glucose tolerance tests will fail until 'acclimated' again to carbs.

Thanks for the info — I just posted on the Wulzen factor (briefly) a few days ago!

-BG

I'll be posting on it, but I had been taking 6 grams of fish oil per day. Now, I'm taking 4 caps of the regular (Carlson's Salmon) fish oil, 2 of the cod liver oil, and now thee caps of the Green Pastures high vitamin butter oil (with some really amazing results).

I've been getting lots and lots of sun, so my D is probably sky high right now.

I hope you share with everyone and continue to get utter blank stares.

So do you taking anything other than high-potency cod liver oil? any niacin? any glutathione or vitamins or antioxidants?

Vitamin D3 also raises HDLs by 20-30% (found of course in LARD and pasture raised butter *HA*). Of course in cod liver oil as well — that why I was curious

THANKS IN ADVANCE!
-G

I had a similar experience with all my numbers improving from last year's work. Interestingly, my fasting blood sugar was 104. I have read a few other accounts of peole eating lower fat whose sugar is also in the low 100s.

I wonder what is the deal with that?

Tony