- my elevated LDL?
- current meds
100 mg l-theanine bid (sleep aid, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theanine)
- 2,000 mg fish oil bid
- 2,000 IU D3 + 50 mg Calcium bid
- "Primal Flora" combo
- 100 mg spironolactone am (down from bid 17 Oct 2011)
2 μg transdermal estradiol
- keep doing
- lose about .8 lb/week
- near zero grains
- near zero starch
- near zero sugar
net carb < 50g/day
- near zero seed oils
- limit omega 6
- standing desk
- bike to work about once a week
- walk about a mile a day
- changes
- more fish (once a week?)
- less dairy (no cheese!?)
- lift some weights every day
more D3? more sun?
labs & med changes
date
trig
HDL
ratio
LDL
ALT
note
22 Jan 2010
256
42
6.1
142
29
about to start simvastatin
11 Mar 2010
133
47
2.8
66
34
15 Jun 2010
205
47
4.4
54
25
about to stop simvastatin
28 Feb 2011
163
47
3.5
157
25
started eating primal Dec 2010
29 Apr 2011
142
48
3.0
154
18
increased fish oil from 1g to 4g around now
22 Oct 2011
104
55
1.9
232
12
ratio < 2 implies fluffy LDL
27 Oct 2011
215
direct
added 250mg magnesium tid around 2 Nov 11
