After ~2 years of paelo/primal living I saw my doctor for the 1st time (Cadriologist and Internal Medicine) and he did a full workup on me, did 6 vials of blood, urine and an ecocardiogram:

Total Cholesterol 227
HDL 64
LDL 143 (calc'd)
Triglycerides 102
Glucose 78
HgA1c 5.2
Liver Test Normal
Kidney Test Normal
Thyroid Test Normal
Vitamin D 68 (desirable greater than 32)
Ecocardiogram Normal
"Everything else" Normal

He circled and wrote in GREAT on my HDL and Triglyceride numbers.

According to my cacls:

3.5 Total/HDL
1.6 Trig/HDL
2.2 LDL/HDL

All ideal range.

Also starting point was 196lbs @18.8%bf, now 179lbs at 9.9%bf!! I'm stronger, faster, more flexible and injury free. Oh yea... did I mention sporting a set of abs now.  Life is good 

Thanks for all the help on diet and exercise.

-Arthur

congrats-I will be on paleo for a year in February-hope to post as good results as you!

great, but isn't it cholesterol a little high?
I used to have ~180

Total cholesterol in itself is not a useful figure as you could have had 180 but also had ldl of 160 and hdl of 20.

I've read quite a few times that the ratios are more important than the actual numbers, but I have never had much interest in cholesterol so haven't done the reading I'd need to, to be able to comment with any accuracy.

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