Met Dr. Jain

I visited the clinic after a three-year absence and met my                                                   
new physician, Dr. Jain. The pretext was physical checkup                                                    
and the real goal was to get him to prescribe physical
therapy so that I can see a rolfer for my plantar fasciitis                                                  
and posture and physical performance questions. I recently                                                   
discovered that I had $1000 to spend for 2018 in my                                                          
HSA account. "The doctor should be Indian and therefore                                 
more open to alternative medicine" I predicted when                                                    
talking with my friend M.
                                                                                                             
The doctor, a second-gen immigrant, looked younger
than me and was pleasant to talk to. He re-took my blood                                                     
pressure and the high read 116 instead of the 148 taken                                                      
10-15 min ago by his aid. The coffee that morning might have                                                 
to do with the difference but I might have relaxed more under                                                     
his guide. This was new to me and Dr. Jain explained several                                                  
factors could easily affect the number.
                                                                                                             
After I described my foot problem and especially my story of                                                 
years of yoga and stretching, he readily prescribed rolfing
although he didn't know exactly what it was at first and 
helpfully put the diagnosis "foot pain" on his referral. 
        
The doctor didn't know about Weston Price's work when I 
raised it as he recommended teeth-cleaning since I haven't                                                   
done it for a while. On that, I thought I might follow his
advice. Meanwhile, I declined the vaccines.                                                                  

Well. It was a great visit. 

The next day, the blood test results were out along with the                                                 
Dr.'s diagnosis. I attained four personal records. My total                                                  
cholesterol(292 from 215 mg/dL three years ago), HDL(75 from 57), and LDL(202 from 133) hit the                                                        
all-time highs and Triglicerides(77 from 127) historic low. Looking                                                   
at the numbers, for a while, my mind went blank. Dr. Jain                                                    
said although my risk of getting a heart attack was low                                                 
(2%, while normal is between 5-7%) according to his
additional calculations, he adviced diet change.                                                             

I thought about it for about 10min and turned to Chris                                                       
Kresser's (Joe Rogan) podcasts and articles, especially this
one. According to him, studies showed LDL not as accurate                                            
as LDL-carrying particles for assessing risks and "low                                                          
cholesterol can increase the risk of death, especially in                                                    
women and the elderly."           

Clearly, more tests need to be done. I asked and the doctor                                                  
ordered an advanced lipid test in three months. Meanwhile, I                                                 
can sit back and enjoy my raw milk and juicy steaks.                           

[GraceX]

回複 '7grizzly' 的評論 :
恭喜你啊，你的這些ratio 都比我好太多了，提高 HDL 可以多吃魚油等，我在加倍努力，爭取明年有新的突破：））你在看病時血壓的起伏可能是你見醫生有點緊張的緣故，不是問題，不知道你家裏是否有血壓計，若沒有，可以去查一查，也許買某些牌子的血壓器，也是可以算在HSA account的開銷裏的。

[7grizzly]

回複 'GraceX' 的評論 : BTW, it's great to know you got good numbers. For a higher HDL, I'd suggest eating meat. But what do I know :-)

[7grizzly]

回複 'GraceX' 的評論 : Thank you very much, Grace.

According to your link, here are my numbers:
LDL/HDL: 2.693 (ideal: < 2.0)
Triglyceride/HDL: 1.027 (ideal: < 2.0)
Total Cholesterol/HDL: 3.89 (ideal: < 3.5)

My diet worked! Even better: there are more work to be done ;-)

[GraceX]

我最近也剛做了年度體檢，除了HDL有點偏低，其他都在健康範圍內。你的HDL雖然看上去高了，但你的Triglicerides 很好，應該沒有問題，我看網絡上說，要看LDL/HDL的比例，你的不到3（202/75）就是非常好了， 還有Triglyceride/HDL 的比例，這兩個比例越低越好，你的非常的低，說明沒有心髒病和中風的危險，給你瞧瞧連接：

https://www.omnicalculator.com/health/cholesterol-ratio

[7grizzly]

回複 '暖冬cool夏' 的評論 : Thank you very much, 暖冬, for the info on HSA! Indeed it seems it rollovers every year. What a relief! As for my total cholesterol and LDL, first of all thanks for your concern. I have never stopped watching diet and felt the best in my life these days. The test results seem fitting what Kresser described in his article and podcasts. I'll get more details in a few months.

[暖冬cool夏]

As far as I know, HSA can carry over and the money can invest. Not sure why yours is a use-it-or-lose-it account. Your cholesterol is high, with bad one exceedingly higher than the good one. Sometimes it is more of genes than food itself that cause(s) it, but still you have to watch out what you eat. I know you have been very careful and particular on food and nutrients. Good luck!