Apparently 75% of illness doctors treat is caused by lifestyle. That would include things like smoking, inactivity, drinking, eating crap, etc. Why don’t they ridicule those people as vigorously as people doing keto? They quietly accept unhealthy behavior but sternly criticize keto which they have not bothered to research.
Doctors hating on Keto ugh!
StarRRT
(Erin )
#25
Well I plan to keto ON! And in November when they do blood work hopefully then I can say told ya!
Rajseth
(Raj Seth)
#26
Want to ee their eyes roll so far back that they are looking out the back of their stupid little heads - tell them that since lowering cholesterol raises all cause mortality, you are trying to keep your cholesterol high. Then ask them if they can give you any good reason to lower this life saver. 
ScottyBlair
(Scotty Blair)
#28
My wife is a doctor and got me on keto, but she had to do her own research. Doctors aren’t always taught, why or how, but more if and then and they don’t have time to challenge conventional knowledge. More studies are coming out in favor of higher fats and lower carbs, but many are guiding the health profession towards more plant based fats like avacado and macadamia nuts. Eventually the fear will go away.
K.I.S.S.35
(Shirley)
#30
Read Cholesterol Clarity by Jimmy Moore (also wrote Keto Clarity). The first 6 months on keto can have any blood work come back with out of whack readings so wait until you’d been keto for 6 months then get it checked again. Because you didn’t have any cholesterol blood work done before you started keto you don’t have a baseline for real comparison but that’s okay. Your doctor sounds a bit prejudiced against keto but maybe once your 6+ months blood work comes back with good results and you tell her you’re still eating keto she may start to see the light. If not and it bothers you a lot, you can always tell her you’re not eating keto anymore or you can look for a new doctor. 
atomicspacebunny
(Bunny)
#31
6 pounds of that was most likely water weight!
1/2 of what you lose!
When I first started experimenting with a very accurate physicians office scale at the foot of my bed. I could literally drop almost ten to five pounds over night, it really frightened the day lights out of me; was walking around in circles freaking out trying to figure out what was going on? Until I realized I was shedding water rapidly!
netposer
(netposer)
#32
If the PA/Student and doctor were laughing about you I would have fired them on the spot.
Digital_Dave
#34
I think folks forget they do work for you after all, and you should always feel comfortable with anyone you need to work with. Be it a Doctor, Dentist, Optometrist, …hell, mechanic. My point is, I hear a lot of folks speak ill of all kinds of folks in a lot of fields, saying they’re not sure if they trust them, or like what they said, or simply their work ethics. It doesn’t matter, again, they work with you and you should feel good about them.
But yes, they are doctor’s and I give them a lot of credit for their studies, dedication, etc. But seems people forget the are also just human. They are prone to the very same ways of thinking of anyone walking around on this planet. They can have prejudices, be stubborn or be openminded? Either way, it would probably take much less time and effort to find someone else you like and want to work with, then try change someone’s thought process. Because no matter what you do, you may never succeed if they are mindset that their thinking is the only option. Or maybe they will come around, or at least open up to the idea. But I don’t think it’s worth your time and worry, which is never good. - Simply find someone else you like working with, who is willing to work with you, and at least be open to ideas and not simply demand you do things their way. … I’ve had doctor’s even mention that most the time, it’s an educated guess on their part, unless all the signs/symptoms point to a specific thing. And I can appreciate that kind of honesty, over someone who won’t admit this.
Rajseth
(Raj Seth)
#35
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!” - Upton Sinclair
netposer
(netposer)
#36
I have a love/hate relationship with my doctor but we are both respectful. If he “tells” me to do something and I know I won’t, then I tell him I won’t. He told me to cut back on my Vitamin D since it was at 100, I said I won’t do that. I did the research and at those levels it’s not harmful. He allows me to eat “keto” even though my total cholesterol is around 300. But he understands my ratios and other markers and seems to be open-minded. He even asked me about Dave Feldman when I told him about Dave’s experiments with 3 days of eating for a blood test.
Rajseth
(Raj Seth)
#37
I pity the doctors and their charlatan profession. It has devolved from a Hippocratic “do no harm” to a “do no harm to thine own pocketbook”
When I saw my endo this March, 2 months after getting off all his prescribed medications, and reversing diabetes totally (Keto since Nov 2017), he had the gall to ask me why I hadn’t done this earlier.
The bastard.
That was the closest I came to (metaphorically) punching him.
I remember him criticizing my choice to eat more meat as unhealthy couple years ago. “Sure it may help your Blood glucose, but think of your health”
Fortunately, now I know better than to listen to their group-think 1984ish party line.
collaroygal
(KCKO, KCFO 🥥)
#38
The ratio that matters is the Trigs/HDL that is at 1.4 for you, your numbers are fine and with total chol under 200, they should just shut up.
If they do nag about the just over LDLs then ask them for the NMR lipid test, to see the size of those LDLs.
On Dave’s Cholestrol Code sight there are protocols for making those LDLs drop. My next test I am doing no caffeine nor coconut oil for two weeks before the test and a 12 hrs. only water fast just before the blood draw.
My trigs/hdls/and good LDLs were excellent on my NMR test in Jan. I want to see how it is going now, since I have another 6 months eating lchf/keto/fasting along with these tips I should see the total LDL growing smaller. It had bumped up when I first began keto, it drifted down a bit on my first bi-yearly regular lipid test. A tiny bit more on the next one, but since total chol was still just above the magical,mythological, safe 200 number, I asked for the NMR lipid test and the results made my dr. very happy. I am above 65 yrs, so she even mentioned how slightly higher chol. is protective in those 65 and over. I had lost weight and all my testing numbers except the total chol. were where they should be. I just told her I was eating a low carb, healthy fats diet and she told me to continue doing what I was doing,
If cutting back on caffeine and coconut oil do drop that LDL and total chol. number enough, I will just keep low on those. I can live with decaf and I plan to continue enjoying my bacon and liver pates so I won’t miss the coconut oil.
Dejavu
(Deja vu)
#39
My doctor fully supported keto on a short term basis. He has been trying to get me stop recently. My blood tests have looked good. I tried adding some carbs and gained a lot of water weight and a few lbs of fat before I went back on hardcore keto
netfriendz2
#40
lets not forget its good repeat business to keep everyone sick especially diabetics its worth billions to healthcare
so their opinions are kinda skewed to begin with … just my 2 cents worth
misterbutters
(Linda)
#42
If I’ve learned anything in the last 20 years, it’s that if I can’t find the answers I need from Dr. Google, the doctors won’t be able to offer any, either.