5:2 Fasting is not.......
Posted: 06 Oct 2014, 19:55...just for losing weight.
Today I had my 2nd lipid panel results since starting this WOE and my numbers are just perfect. The cholesterol values we use in the US are different from other places in the world, but just for comparison my total cholesterol was sky high in 2011 at 287 mg/dL. Last year it went down to 207mg/dL last year after 10 weeks of fasting and today after a year of fasting it is 197mg/dL. My ratio is 2.5.
I can't express how overjoyed I am.
I made a deal with my doctor last week - I told her if my numbers were good (I hadn't done the blood test yet) I would like to get off my statins for 3 months and then re-test. If the numbers start to go up again then I will get back on the statins and if not I will use fasting as my means of keeping them down. She said OK, so I have made myself a guineas pig for this experiment.
Watch this space.
Today I had my 2nd lipid panel results since starting this WOE and my numbers are just perfect. The cholesterol values we use in the US are different from other places in the world, but just for comparison my total cholesterol was sky high in 2011 at 287 mg/dL. Last year it went down to 207mg/dL last year after 10 weeks of fasting and today after a year of fasting it is 197mg/dL. My ratio is 2.5.
I can't express how overjoyed I am.
I made a deal with my doctor last week - I told her if my numbers were good (I hadn't done the blood test yet) I would like to get off my statins for 3 months and then re-test. If the numbers start to go up again then I will get back on the statins and if not I will use fasting as my means of keeping them down. She said OK, so I have made myself a guineas pig for this experiment.
Watch this space.
