[carey]

Toons wrote:

Carey, need your advice.

Just did my health screening n a bit worried abt my LDL reading.

For a person strictly on the low carb n sugar + high fats diet, what kind of cholesterol profile should he be seeing? Not tat i'm on it, I cheat way too much

Triglycerides : should be low(which is good cos trigs are bad)

HDL : should be high (which is good as HDL is considered good cholesterol)

How abt LDL? Should a person on LCHF diet be seeing high or low LDL?

Mine is high, which is worrying as LDL is considered bad cholesterol. In fact, the high LDL combined with high HDL resulted in a high total cholesterol reading (although the 'Total/HDL ratio' is still normal).

Remembered you saying that the more impt reading is Triglycerides, but i'm not sure if a 'low Triglycerides with high LDL' profile is considered 'okay'.

My doc asking me to consider cholesterol meds ... Not keen. I'll rather go back to drinking veg soups n eating fishes n cutting back on buffets to reduce my LDL. When i did it in '09, my LDL only 63 nia, which is optimal, but its very sian lor.

Gum sia in advance!

Google for cholesterol con and also cholesterol myth...hahah

Cholesterol readings don't tell us anything - likelihood is as good as striking 4D or TOTO IMHO

Jokes aside, LDL is an estimated number - the size of the particle is more important (not measured in the standard test)

Trigs should be under 100 (mine is under 50) and HDL should be close to 100 but absolute numbers are meaningless...hahah

Go for ratios as a trend tracker bah

Lastly, our bodies need cholesterol to function - dietary cholesterol only make up a very small part - the bulk of the cholesterol is produced by our bodies...hahah

[Toons]

carey wrote:

Trigs should be under 100 (mine is under 50) and HDL should be close to 100 but absolute numbers are meaningless...hahah

Go for ratios as a trend tracker bah

Wats your LDL figure?

My 'Total/HDL' ratios are as follows from '10 to '14.
2.5 ...... 2.2 ...... 2.9 ..... 2.1 ..... 2.7
Seems fairly consistent n within the normal range of < 4.5.

striker22 wrote:

Buffet thread all of a sudden everyone so health conscious. Hehe

Err, its a bit hard to eat buffets if dead wor

cravescraze wrote:

Parkroyal Lime Restaurant Buffet

Thanks for the pics, cravescraze. Interesting angles on some of the photos. I likie!

How you find the food there? I only find the roasted beef n durian paste not bad nia. Rest not nice. They have quite an varied array of teas too.

Clay Pot wrote:

Toons, before you take any cholesterol meds; I encourage you to read http://www.amazon.com/The-Great-Chol.../dp/1592335217.

Thanks, tats y i dun wanna eat cholesterol meds. I'll rather eat like a beggar if the high LDL is really a killer.

[Beta_Tester]

slowcoach wrote:

Had buffet at basilico regent hotel yesterday. Very nice, but the spread not very wide.
Quite a small restaurant but thats OK with me

I must be losing my appetite though as i get older. Cant seem to eat so much

try the sunday Brunch.

[jgyy1990]

Toons wrote:

Buffet Dinner at Elements@Amara Hotel
Date: Tue 23 Sep
Time: 630pm
Price: $49 nett via voucher

Click here for menu

AMARA HOTEL Singapore: $48.90 For International New Revamped Dinner Buffet At The Element - Includes Singapore Chili Crab, Free Flow of Oysters, Lobsters, Double-boiled Black Chicken Soup with Ginseng for Pioneer Generation and many more (Valid Daily)

Participants
1. Toons
2. Kahlan

Anyone wanna join us? Note tat if they dun have cod tat day, i will reschedule, so if your timing is tight, then better dun risk it as the voucher is til 30 Sep only

I wana go for the amara 1 help me get the voucher i pay u cASH

[robincheok]

Trust me u will finish the buffet in 1 hrs time

jgyy1990 wrote:

I wana go for the amara 1 help me get the voucher i pay u cASH

[jgyy1990]

1hr not big issue cause next day i have to work

[Toons]

jgyy1990 wrote:

I wana go for the amara 1 help me get the voucher i pay u cASH

Bought. Seeya on Tue!

[jgyy1990]

Thats fast thank you very much

[robincheok]

3 months ago when i was there, there are goose liver, hope they have it this time round.

[Toons]

robincheok wrote:

3 months ago when i was there, there are goose liver, hope they have it this time round.

Different theme now. It's bbq counter.

[Nichi]

From what i know, Greenhouse ice cream is inhouse one...

[Handsome_guy]

striker22 wrote:

Buffet thread all of a sudden everyone so health conscious. Hehe

Maybe eat too many buffets until all the bui bui scared die early.

[carey]

Toons wrote:

Wats your LDL figure?

My 'Total/HDL' ratios are as follows from '10 to '14.
2.5 ...... 2.2 ...... 2.9 ..... 2.1 ..... 2.7
Seems fairly consistent n within the normal range of < 4.5.

LDL is not the killer...never was

Trigs are increasingly more important - need to get them to below 100

More useful ratio should be Trig/HDL and should ideally be <1

The Definitive Guide to Cholesterol | Mark's Daily Apple

[jgyy1990]

I also scard liao

[striker22]

Handsome_guy wrote:

Maybe eat too many buffets until all the bui bui scared die early.

I dun want to live long leh. If can die by 40 would be nice.