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Blood Report, Lo-Carb, Xercise, Heart Blockage
Your numbers look wonderful! Congrats on all of the improvements. BTW, how
does Lysine help with heart issues? I take it every day as well, but not for that reason. Thanks so much!!! -- Email me at: perpleglow(AT)comcast.net "Owen Lowe" wrote in message ... Just posting on my latest blood report. I experienced an almost 100% blockage in my right coronary artery on Feb. 3, '03. Was outfitted with a stent and since then I've had 3 blood workups, a couple EKG's, and a stress echo. There's been no further symptoms; both the EKG and stress echo appeared to show absolutely no effects of the blockage. My dad died of a heart attack at 47 y.o. and I've been having blood tests done every few years since I was about 28 - am now 41. Diet: Pre-Feb.3, I was following a hi-carb, low fat diet. Ate pasta, oats, bread, lean usually non-red meats, lots of fruits and some veggies - I ate plenty of sugar and didn't worry too much about it as long as it was low-fat. Had gradually increased my weight 30+ pounds over 6 years or so. Two years prior to the heart blockage my blood report looked like this: Total Chol: 191 HDL: 37 LDL: 124 TriG: 149 HDL Ratio: 5.16 Weight: 205 Diet: Two weeks post-Feb.3, a friend recommended I read Dr. Diane Schwartzbein's book. I then and there decided to give low-carbing a try and have been doing so ever since. (I've not read any of Atkins books, but have followed a diet where I restrict practically all carbs except green veggies, 2cps of milk/dy, and will have about 3-4 apples a week. This summer I splurged on watermelon and peaches and while I stopped losing weight, I didn't gain any either. I eat meat at practically every meal - breakfast is a 44 g. protein shake. Lean steak, chicken, fish and burger patties for lunch and dinner. I've not had bread or potatoes in months and months - though I do have about 1/2 cup of pasta or rice once a week or so. Vitamins per day after Feb.: 8 grams of vitamin C, 2000 mg fish oil, 100mg B-6, 1000 mcg B-12, 400mg Folic Acid, 6 grams L-Lysine 6 grams. Exercise: Since Feb. I make every attempt to workout 3-5 times per week at about 30-60 minutes per session. I've swum, treadmilled and weightlifted. I push my heart rate up to 85-90% of calculated max and try to maintain it for as long as I can. Drugs: Post Feb, I was put on Plavix, Lovastatin, Lisinopril, Metropolol and Asprin. My cardiologist has taken me off everything except the daily aspirin. He didn't see the need for the statin since my blood work was so good and the blood pressure drugs were driving my BP too low (I didn't and don't have hi-BP). February 21 blood test performed by family doc just a week or so after starting low carb: Total Chol: 167 HDL: 44 LDL: 109 TriG: 68 HDL Ratio: 3.8 Lipoprotein (a): 46 mg/dL Homocysteine: 11.9 umol/L Weight: 194 In April, a month and a half since I started statin, low carbing and exercising, blood test taken by the cardiologist looked like: Total Chol: 126 HDL: 47 LDL: 68 TriG: 53 HDL Ratio: 2.68 Lipoprotein (b):56 mg/dL Homocysteine: 7 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: 1.1 mg/L Weight: 183 (I had lost 20lbs in 6 weeks) My latest blood workup, statin-free, low-carb and exercising: Total Chol: 146 HDL: 63 LDL: 74 TriG: 45 HDL Ratio: 2.3 Lipoprotein (a): 19 mg/dL Lipoprotein (b): 69 mg/dL Homocysteine: 9.0 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: .6 mg/L Weight: 175 I had stopped the Lysine supplement mid-summer and will start that up again. That may help bring the Lipoprotein back down to the April reading of 7 if Linus Pauling's theory was correct. Well, there it is - seems as though whatever I'm doing is having a positive effect on the numbers. If anyone's interested in seeing 15 years worth of tests... http://users.easystreet.com/onlnlowe/misc/cholestsprdsheet.JPG |
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Blood Report, Lo-Carb, Xercise, Heart Blockage
Just posting on my latest blood report. I experienced an almost 100%
blockage in my right coronary artery on Feb. 3, '03. Was outfitted with a stent and since then I've had 3 blood workups, a couple EKG's, and a stress echo. There's been no further symptoms; both the EKG and stress echo appeared to show absolutely no effects of the blockage. My dad died of a heart attack at 47 y.o. and I've been having blood tests done every few years since I was about 28 - am now 41. Diet: Pre-Feb.3, I was following a hi-carb, low fat diet. Ate pasta, oats, bread, lean usually non-red meats, lots of fruits and some veggies - I ate plenty of sugar and didn't worry too much about it as long as it was low-fat. Had gradually increased my weight 30+ pounds over 6 years or so. Two years prior to the heart blockage my blood report looked like this: Total Chol: 191 HDL: 37 LDL: 124 TriG: 149 HDL Ratio: 5.16 Weight: 205 Diet: Two weeks post-Feb.3, a friend recommended I read Dr. Diane Schwartzbein's book. I then and there decided to give low-carbing a try and have been doing so ever since. (I've not read any of Atkins books, but have followed a diet where I restrict practically all carbs except green veggies, 2cps of milk/dy, and will have about 3-4 apples a week. This summer I splurged on watermelon and peaches and while I stopped losing weight, I didn't gain any either. I eat meat at practically every meal - breakfast is a 44 g. protein shake. Lean steak, chicken, fish and burger patties for lunch and dinner. I've not had bread or potatoes in months and months - though I do have about 1/2 cup of pasta or rice once a week or so. Vitamins per day after Feb.: 8 grams of vitamin C, 2000 mg fish oil, 100mg B-6, 1000 mcg B-12, 400mg Folic Acid, 6 grams L-Lysine 6 grams. Exercise: Since Feb. I make every attempt to workout 3-5 times per week at about 30-60 minutes per session. I've swum, treadmilled and weightlifted. I push my heart rate up to 85-90% of calculated max and try to maintain it for as long as I can. Drugs: Post Feb, I was put on Plavix, Lovastatin, Lisinopril, Metropolol and Asprin. My cardiologist has taken me off everything except the daily aspirin. He didn't see the need for the statin since my blood work was so good and the blood pressure drugs were driving my BP too low (I didn't and don't have hi-BP). February 21 blood test performed by family doc just a week or so after starting low carb: Total Chol: 167 HDL: 44 LDL: 109 TriG: 68 HDL Ratio: 3.8 Lipoprotein (a): 46 mg/dL Homocysteine: 11.9 umol/L Weight: 194 In April, a month and a half since I started statin, low carbing and exercising, blood test taken by the cardiologist looked like: Total Chol: 126 HDL: 47 LDL: 68 TriG: 53 HDL Ratio: 2.68 Lipoprotein (b):56 mg/dL Homocysteine: 7 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: 1.1 mg/L Weight: 183 (I had lost 20lbs in 6 weeks) My latest blood workup, statin-free, low-carb and exercising: Total Chol: 146 HDL: 63 LDL: 74 TriG: 45 HDL Ratio: 2.3 Lipoprotein (a): 19 mg/dL Lipoprotein (b): 69 mg/dL Homocysteine: 9.0 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: .6 mg/L Weight: 175 I had stopped the Lysine supplement mid-summer and will start that up again. That may help bring the Lipoprotein back down to the April reading of 7 if Linus Pauling's theory was correct. Well, there it is - seems as though whatever I'm doing is having a positive effect on the numbers. If anyone's interested in seeing 15 years worth of tests... http://users.easystreet.com/onlnlowe/misc/cholestsprdsheet.JPG |
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Blood Report, Lo-Carb, Xercise, Heart Blockage
Congratulations Owen. Your diet and exercise have certainly paid off with
better health. Beverly "Owen Lowe" wrote in message ... Just posting on my latest blood report. I experienced an almost 100% blockage in my right coronary artery on Feb. 3, '03. Was outfitted with a stent and since then I've had 3 blood workups, a couple EKG's, and a stress echo. There's been no further symptoms; both the EKG and stress echo appeared to show absolutely no effects of the blockage. My dad died of a heart attack at 47 y.o. and I've been having blood tests done every few years since I was about 28 - am now 41. Diet: Pre-Feb.3, I was following a hi-carb, low fat diet. Ate pasta, oats, bread, lean usually non-red meats, lots of fruits and some veggies - I ate plenty of sugar and didn't worry too much about it as long as it was low-fat. Had gradually increased my weight 30+ pounds over 6 years or so. Two years prior to the heart blockage my blood report looked like this: Total Chol: 191 HDL: 37 LDL: 124 TriG: 149 HDL Ratio: 5.16 Weight: 205 Diet: Two weeks post-Feb.3, a friend recommended I read Dr. Diane Schwartzbein's book. I then and there decided to give low-carbing a try and have been doing so ever since. (I've not read any of Atkins books, but have followed a diet where I restrict practically all carbs except green veggies, 2cps of milk/dy, and will have about 3-4 apples a week. This summer I splurged on watermelon and peaches and while I stopped losing weight, I didn't gain any either. I eat meat at practically every meal - breakfast is a 44 g. protein shake. Lean steak, chicken, fish and burger patties for lunch and dinner. I've not had bread or potatoes in months and months - though I do have about 1/2 cup of pasta or rice once a week or so. Vitamins per day after Feb.: 8 grams of vitamin C, 2000 mg fish oil, 100mg B-6, 1000 mcg B-12, 400mg Folic Acid, 6 grams L-Lysine 6 grams. Exercise: Since Feb. I make every attempt to workout 3-5 times per week at about 30-60 minutes per session. I've swum, treadmilled and weightlifted. I push my heart rate up to 85-90% of calculated max and try to maintain it for as long as I can. Drugs: Post Feb, I was put on Plavix, Lovastatin, Lisinopril, Metropolol and Asprin. My cardiologist has taken me off everything except the daily aspirin. He didn't see the need for the statin since my blood work was so good and the blood pressure drugs were driving my BP too low (I didn't and don't have hi-BP). February 21 blood test performed by family doc just a week or so after starting low carb: Total Chol: 167 HDL: 44 LDL: 109 TriG: 68 HDL Ratio: 3.8 Lipoprotein (a): 46 mg/dL Homocysteine: 11.9 umol/L Weight: 194 In April, a month and a half since I started statin, low carbing and exercising, blood test taken by the cardiologist looked like: Total Chol: 126 HDL: 47 LDL: 68 TriG: 53 HDL Ratio: 2.68 Lipoprotein (b):56 mg/dL Homocysteine: 7 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: 1.1 mg/L Weight: 183 (I had lost 20lbs in 6 weeks) My latest blood workup, statin-free, low-carb and exercising: Total Chol: 146 HDL: 63 LDL: 74 TriG: 45 HDL Ratio: 2.3 Lipoprotein (a): 19 mg/dL Lipoprotein (b): 69 mg/dL Homocysteine: 9.0 umol/L hsC-React. Protein: .6 mg/L Weight: 175 I had stopped the Lysine supplement mid-summer and will start that up again. That may help bring the Lipoprotein back down to the April reading of 7 if Linus Pauling's theory was correct. Well, there it is - seems as though whatever I'm doing is having a positive effect on the numbers. If anyone's interested in seeing 15 years worth of tests... http://users.easystreet.com/onlnlowe/misc/cholestsprdsheet.JPG |
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