by Jenna » Wed Dec 04, 2013 6:14 pm
I just had a health screening for work. My total cholesterol was 122. The only other cholesterol they checked was HDL, which was low at 24, but I won't worry about it since Dr. McDougall addresses this issue and says it is not a big deal to have low HDL if your total cholesterol is that low.
Just for comparison, I looked up my cholesterol from when I did the paleo diet a couple of years ago:
Cholesterol, total 248
Triglycerides 89
HDL 67
LDL 163
I recall sometime around 10 years ago when I basically ate dairy-free lowish-fat SAD, my cholesterol was around 150 but my HDL was low at the time also.
All told, I am very pleased with my results on McDougall.