Movie Fat, Sick and nearly Dead

[Catrin]

It's funny, my ob-gyn always notes my high total and sys "talk to your pcp." And she's a triathlete who lost 100 lbs. from exercising when she became diabetic! No mention of the high HDL. My PCP thinks it's great, but I feel an undercurrent of like "you must be a freak of nature." One doctor did say she wishes she could bottle up my method of getting my HDL so high.
MY HDL has ranged between 65 and 81. I think last year it was 72.

I hear you - back in the day when I had lost my first 40 pounds on a conventional low-fat diet, my HDL was 10 (it never got over 35 in the next couple of years. NOW it is 61. Our different experiences (my feeling so different Paleo rather than a more conventional diet) just goes to show how different our bodies are and how important for us that we find what works for us. What works for someone else might not necessarily work for us & vice versa.