Wed, Feb-17-10, 22:24
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Senior Member
Posts: 1,087
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Plan: Dr. Eric Westman's/Atkins
Stats: 150/148/132
BF:
Progress: 11%
Location: NC Southern Outer Banks
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I am glad to know this Nancy. I don't agree with him on the meats and Sat. fats completely either. I can eat lean, but I can eat fat too. I see no reason anymore to bathe in the fat - so to speak. A lot of people over there keep saying that Stuart needs an ApoE test to determine what kind of responder he is....or something like that......can't quite understand it.
Stuart is having a heart scan next Friday, like Dr. Davis suggested, and then we are following up with Dr. Westman - the internal medicine man at Duke. If his scan shows nothing bad, then I will let nature take it's course regarding his lipids and let time heal it.
I just googled and read about prednisone and diabetes. Now, since no one else on either side of his family is diabetic, I am wondering if that didn't start the problem to begin with. But, he really did eat a lot of donuts, ice cream, chocolate bars, french fries, etc. He is getting better now. That one guy - Cadheart - is really pro statins. I asked him point blank - "so, wouldn't you say my husband is moving is a really good direction in 6 weeks to have lost over 200 triglyceide points on Atkin's? " Took him forever to agree....keeps saying "You must keep your eye on your husbands small LDL's." This man honestly believes statins would have helped Stuart more than Atkin's. I wish Dr. Davis and the other doctor talked more!!!
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