Venting... new cholesterol issue

[Crankin]

Shooting Star, I am not sure why you think small amounts red wine, olive oil, avocado, and nuts daily are the cause of my false cholesterol reading. These foods are empirically proven to lower LDL and raise HDL. Diversify my food prep methods and add veggies? Jeez, you must not have read some of my other posts. The only way I prepare food is by sauteing, roasting, or grilling. I never eat fried food or junk food, and I haven't for most of my adult life. I don't eat pastries or dessert except for special occasions and I have never used a lot of salt. And now, I hardly eat meat. I eat a handful of mixed nuts and cranberries that come in prepackaged bags at Trader Joe's. Since I started doing that and not eating a carb based snack in the afternoon, I've lost 5 pounds.
Of course beer and wine have calories. And I don't need to lose weight and I don't have high blood pressure. I weigh the least I have since I was 35... between 103 and 105. Just like Catrin, the equation is different for everyone. I eat less of a lot of the things most people eat and more protein and low glycemic carbs. Calories from good food do not cause triglycerides to go up or your total cholesterol to go up. Eating food with fat causes that, along with inactivity, or genetic predisposition. Obviously, that doesn't apply to me.
I enjoy food and wine. Eating out and cooking are probably the most important part of my life, next to cycling. We belong to a wine club and I enjoy researching and reading up on what I like. I don't see any ill effects from one glass of wine most nights a week; if I did, I'd stop.
The way you eat works for you, just as the way I eat works for me. It's obvious my test in April was either just a false reading, or was affected by the increase in red meat and cheese I had been eating. When I stopped that, my numbers returned to almost what they were in 2011, in just 8 weeks.
Yes, Oakleaf, food has calories! Can you believe it???
As my family says, "food is good, man must eat."