3/23/08 Sunday (final blog)

Yesterday, I ate something that would seem to be something from an exotic food channel program. We cooked a ham for the entire family. As a result of that, we took the skin and fat off the ham and continued to cook it (render) in the oven. The outcome was a delicious bacon-like consumable item called "cracklin". It tasted like bacon. It was awesome.

Well.... i feel guilty about it. So, I figured I should post my final blood results after 12 weeks of diet and exercise.

Total Cholesterol: Went from 228 to 204 in 12 weeks. No medication involved.
HDL (good): My HDL stayed about the same. Consuming more Omega3 would be a benefit.
LDL (bad): this number went down which is good.
Ratios: The ratios went down slightly over the course of the plan but still hover on the high side.Most physicians would put me on meds to lower cholesterol.

Results:12/18/2007 08:30 Cholesterol, Total 228 mg/dL
12/18/2007 08:30 Triglycerides 147 mg/dL
12/18/2007 08:30 HDL Cholesterol 45 mg/dL
12/18/2007 08:30 LDL Cholesterol 154 mg/dL (calc)
12/18/2007 08:30 Chol/HDL Ratio 5.1 (calc)
12/18/2007 08:30 LDL/HDL Ratio 3.4 (calc)

Results:1/10/2008 08:59 Cholesterol, Total 209 mg/dL
1/10/2008 08:59 Triglycerides 119 mg/dL
1/10/2008 08:59 HDL Cholesterol 43 mg/dL
1/10/2008 08:59 LDL Cholesterol 142 mg/dL (calc)
1/10/2008 08:59 Chol/HDL Ratio 4.9 (calc)
1/10/2008 08:59 LDL/HDL Ratio 3.3 (calc)

Results:3/5/2008 08:59 Cholesterol, Total 204 mg/dL
3/5/2008 08:59 Triglycerides 157 mg/dL
3/5/2008 08:59 HDL Cholesterol 41 mg/dL
3/5/2008 08:59 LDL Cholesterol 132 mg/dL (calc)
3/5/2008 08:59 Chol/HDL Ratio 5.0 (calc)
3/5/2008 08:59 LDL/HDL Ratio 3.2 (calc)