OK, I got the results of my cholesterol re-test. My total went down to almost where it was last year: it's 226 (it was 263 in April). My HDL was now 114! The message on my VM from my PCP didn't say what the LDL was, but her comment was, "your ratio is fantastic, let it alone." I am going to my endocrinologist tomorrow, about my bone stuff, and I can ask her to look up my LDL, just so I know.
OK, so this was either one of two things, or maybe a little of both. I have been eating a very large amount of meats and cheese, since January, kind of semi-Paleo, as well as restricting carbs, so I think for a few months I didn't have enough fiber, too. Since April, when i got the first results I have not had any beef or veal, and the only pork I've had are very, very thin pork chops, maybe once every two weeks. Otherwise, I've been eating a ton of fish, vegetarian, chicken, and turkey. I upped my fiber, too. I did try the Metamucil, but it made my stomach hurt. Now that cycling is in full gear, I'm eating a lot more fiber/good carbs. On the other hand, it could have just been a bad test, but I'm suspicious that it coincided with a change in my diet.