Your statement:
Trigs up slightly, which is to be expected with the weight loss.
is completely false. No matter which healthy diet you are on weight loss comes from a reduction of triglycerides. The other alternatives are muscle or water. You've lost water but not muscle, hopefully.
| Test | 11/2014 | 4/2015 | Recommended | Optimal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 142 | 142 | Under 220 | Varies |
| HDL-C (mg/dL) | 38 | 34 | Over 40 | Over 70 |
| LDL-C (mg/dL) | 75 | 74 | Under 130 | Varies |
| VLDL-C (mg/dL) | 29 | 34 | 10-40 | 11-14 |
| non-HDL-C (mg/dL) | 104 | 108 | LDL-C + (20-25) | Varies |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 146 | 168 | Under 100 | Under 70 |
| TC/HDL-C Ratio | 3.74 | 4.18 | Under 5 | Lowest |
| TG/HDL-C Ratio | 3.84 | 4.94 | Under 3 | Under 1 |
There's one simple problem here:
Your body is creating triglycerides, which is not possible on adherence to this diet. Contrary to what you believe I do not see adherence that I would expect based upon your results. What normally happens?
| Blood Panel On Keto | What will it do? |
|---|---|
| Triglycerides | Consumed for fuel and therefore is reduced. |
| VLDL-C | Decreases due to triglyceride shedding. Converted into IDL & consumed. |
| LDL-C | Increase due to VLDL catabolism. This should decrease over time as SD-LDL are consumed due to lower triglycerides. |
| HDL-C | Increase. Contains primarily cholesterol so increased count as triglycerides drop. This may decrease initially as LDL particles transfer cholesterol to small HDL particles which then gets sent straight into VLDL particles without the HDL particles maturing properly. |
| Total Cholesterol | Increase due to HDL-C & LDL-C rising. Could go either way. |
| TC/HDL-C Ratio | Decrease. May go up if LDL-C rises significantly. Look to HDL-C for further analysis. |
| Trig/HDL-C Ratio | Decrease. This should always improve. |
More information:
Dr. Jeff Volek, Lipoprotein Responses to a Well-Formulated Ketogenic Diet
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2zoDsVimyw&feature=youtu.be
So if your:
it indicates you are eating too many sugars and are not aware of it or something in your body is not working correctly.
Obviously there is concern with the T1 diabetes - that will never change. This diet does not create triglycerides, it gets rid of them. I would strongly suggest analyzing your diet and switching your adherence from
70-75% fat
to
So while I am happy for you at least approaching this diet and being concerned about your health the very two things you do not want happened:
Trigs went up and HDL-C went down.
HDL-C should not be going down in the face of LDL-C not moving.