Thank you for the concern, I appreciate where you’re coming from. Believe me, I know how easy it is to take things for granted and put yourself at risk unintentionally.
That may be true about Peter Atilla, but he’s not the only ketogenic doctor out there and there are a wide range of opinions on the importance of the LDL-P number, especially in context of a ketogenic diet. That’s why I’m asking for specifics. If I just had those NMR numbers without any further testing to go with them, then I might feel some reason for concern too. Some doctors think it matters by it self, some only in the context of other risk factors, like a high hsCRP score, or known heart disease. That’s why I contrast it with a CAC score of zero. At least the CAC score is a hard endpoint of disease rather than just a risk factor.
The only number on that list I’m really thinking needs much attention is the LP-IR (insulin resistance) score, but I’m not in the least surprised to see that number, I’m on a ketogenic diet precisely because I have so many symptoms of insulin resistance.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m constantly experimenting, especially given some of the symptoms I’ve continued to have after a particularly stressful year. At the moment, I’ve switched from Mag64 Magnesium Chloride capsules (about 6 per day, which amounts to 384mg of Magnesium) to ReMag liquid, just to see if it helped as advertised. So far, I’m very pleased - after taking it about 3 days, I already feel substantially better - no depression or anxiety, much calmer. I’m upping my dose pretty steadily (600mg yesterday, aiming for 1200 today) and have yet to have any diarrhea, which is common. I’m hoping it gets my blood pressure under control, which wasn’t a problem til the stress. I’m curious to see if it drops the LDL-P numbers back toward a “normal” range.
I’m personally planning on doing the NMR again in about a year. Maybe I’ll consider it at 6 months.
