Your experience is very interesting to me. Thanks for sharing.

I think most people would agree that "junk carb" is bad for health. And for more reasons than just its effect on triglycerides. What I have understood so far is that carb has a direct impact on insulin which is a storage hormone directing the conversion of excess glucose into triglycerides. 

So are there "good" carbs? Yes I believe so. How much good carb can a person handle without running into obesity or high triglycerides? That's where the individualization comes in. That's why I think testing and self monitoring is important. Different people have a wide range of metabolic characteristics. Also cultural practices are very diverse: there are traditional diets that are mostly plant based and there are traditions that are very heavily meat-based. Another important factor for me is practicality and sustainability. When I try to figure out what to eat for health, I have to take a hard look at myself and know what I can do long term 

What I am curious now is this: because of your weight loss and big triglycerides drop, I would expect your total cholesterol and especially LDL to have dropped as well but what about your HDL? Did that change at all?

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• My HDL went up 70 per cent to 55 and LDL stayed flat at 110. -7grizzly- ♀ (565 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 11:01:04

• 謝謝分享。 -欲千北- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 11:05:18

• OK -Lily168- ♀ (855 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 11:28:06

• 謝謝分享 -欲千北- ♂ (0 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 11:47:02

• Mine was not the SAD diet either. (A great acronym, by the way.) -7grizzly- ♀ (499 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 12:04:17

• I read Pollan's books too -Lily168- ♀ (516 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 13:41:43

• It's tempting, isn't it? -7grizzly- ♀ (368 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 14:05:28

• No I am just dreaming when I look at these beautiful books -Lily168- ♀ (85 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 16:06:28

• Yes. And now it's my job to get my son to read him ;-) -7grizzly- ♀ (0 bytes) () 08/14/2014 postreply 14:14:48