FOB (removethis) wrote:

Not necessarily different people, perhaps different timing. It's my
understanding that it tends to go up at first, then come down after a few
months. Not that it really matters, anyway, as there is current research
showing cholesterol doesn't cause heart attacks. It's inflammation that
triggers deposits.

The 1993/1999 editions of the Atkins book claimed that by 6 months in
about 80% of folks see better cholesterol numbers. The 2002 edition
claimed that by 2 months in "most" see better cholesterol numbers.

So it's not a sure thing that low carbing will cause improvement, but it
is a sure thing that you need to wait half a year before the tests start
to actually mean anything because of how the numbers go in the first few
weeks. Patience.