Helene, not sure what the terms app-lipid a/b mean. Is this another way of referring to HDL and LDL? Without knowing the ratio of HDL/LDL your total # doesn't mean that much. My total was 250 last fall, but my HDL (good cholesterol) is so high at 90 that it makes my ratio really good and it can also bump up the total number.
Just wondering if this is referred to in a different way in Canada, or these are other proteins that I don't know about.
I am not one who craves sugar, but I have made a concerted effort to decrease it even more. I got laughed at the other day at work, when I refused a piece of very good cake celebrating a colleague's upcoming wedding. I'd say I have dessert once a week in the summer, because I do occasionally eat soft serve ice cream, and less at other times of the year. There are no sweets in my house, except fruit. I haven't eaten junk food (chips, fried foods) on any regular basis in 35+ years, when I had to lose 25 pounds. It worked, so I figured what good would that stuff do me? I am even more convinced that sugar causes inflammation, which can cause issues in the arteries, with all that I read, so it's not so hard for me to do this. However, I don't get dogmatic about it. I will not be restricting myself while on vacation that starts later today, especially as it includes 4 days of city walking and 6 days of hard cycling.