Paul Saladino· MD
for probably most people go on a ketogenic diet especially and particularly if they're metabolically healthy are going to be more likely to see their LDL go up some amount
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for probably most people go on a ketogenic diet especially and particularly if they're metabolically healthy are going to be more likely to see their LDL go up some amount
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the two greatest commonalities of those people who switch particularly from a standard American diet over to a low-carb diet as they often will see their HDL cholesterol the so-called good cholesterol go up and triglycerides the measure of fat in the blood really the measure of fat found in liquid proteins together will go down
we're seeing so many people go low carb see that their LDL Rises alongside their HDL going up in their Tri glycerides going down with the latter two typically being associated with better healthier metabolism
The low-carb diet also decreased triglycerides and improved LDL cholesterol metabolism by decreasing small, dense LDL particles.