[QUOTE=Michael8466;3369077]... I cut red meat out of my diet 2 weeks ago and starting tomorrow I'm cutting all meat for 3 months. If that doesn't help me on my next test I'm going back to mushroom and onions on my steak! ...
IMHO, cutting out meat is completely the wrong thing for you to be doing. Testing the effects of doing this would be good. But you need to be clear on what you are testing. And you will only get meaningful results if you change only one thing at a time. If, at the same time as you cut out red meat, you also start taking Lovastatin and getting more exercise, how will you know what is causing the effect? After doing all these things, I am sure your LDL and triglycerides will come down. But you won't know if not eating meat has had anything to do with this.

The only way to test these things is to take a base-line measurement (a full lipid profile), change one variable (stop eating meat or start taking a statin or get more exercise) and test again after three months. My experience has been that increasing meat consumption produced very good results. HDL went up, triglycerides came down, and LDL stayed much the same. Meat is nutrient rich, and you really short-change yourself by cutting it out of your diet

Mark

[QUOTE=Mark1e;3370912]IMHO, cutting out meat is completely the wrong thing for you to be doing. Testing the effects of doing this would be good. But you need to be clear on what you are testing. And you will only get meaningful results if you change only one thing at a time. If, at the same time as you cut out red meat, you also start taking Lovastatin and getting more exercise, how will you know what is causing the effect? After doing all these things, I am sure your LDL and triglycerides will come down. But you won't know if not eating meat has had anything to do with this.

The only way to test these things is to take a base-line measurement (a full lipid profile), change one variable (stop eating meat or start taking a statin or get more exercise) and test again after three months. My experience has been that increasing meat consumption produced very good results. HDL went up, triglycerides came down, and LDL stayed much the same. Meat is nutrient rich, and you really short-change yourself by cutting it out of your diet

Mark

Hi Mark,

You bring up a very good point. For over six months I basically ate like a vegetarian and when I got my test results despite doing cardio 30mins five days a week my HDL went down from 59 to 42. There was absolutely no change in my LDL and TRIG. I am back eating more meat again but avoid red meat at all costs. I eat fish twice a week and lean poultry. I am now taking 2,000mg of Niacin for my lipid management now and it will be very interesting to see my results when I get tested in five weeks. I will share my results with everyone as I have never tried Niacin before and have been on 2,000mg immediate release for six months now.