Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Measure plaque in carotid artery with CIMT ultrasound

Serial CIMT's on 60% fat diet while not losing or gaining weight. Low carbohydrate diet. 

SonoCalc IMT scan
done at KU Medical Center.
Common Carotid Artery Intima-media Thickness (IMT)

                    Average CCA Mean               Average CCA Max Region
12-17-09      0.599 mm                               0.741 mm

12-8-11         0.563 mm                              0.661 mm

12-20-12       0.566mm                               0.676 mm
I will be presenting these results of my case study at the New Orleans National Lipid Association meeting in Feb. 2013.

I believe this is the only testimony or documentation of CIMT's on high fat low cholesterol diet while NOT losing or gaining weight.

The confounding co-variable of losing weight will obscure data on LDL-P and CIMT.  i.e. was it the weight loss or was the high fat diet not relevant in terms of plaque formation?  I have maintained an LDL-P between 700 and 1,000 over the three years with atorvastatin 10 mg,  niacin 1,000 mg,  Fish oil triple strength from SAMS 4,000 mg a day.  This is the same medicine I was on before I started the low carb high fat diet in 1-11.  My LDL-P's have not changed since I changed my diet.

Thus if you are contemplating an Atkin's type diet, consider getting baseline LDL-P, CAC and CIMT.
Then do three LDL-P's a year.
Do a CIMT every two years.

I suggest this because I think some genomes may not do well on a high fat diet.

If you lose weight, usually all the numbers are better no matter what diet your are on.

The problem is only 5% of people maintain their weight loss due to:
1- Reduced obese state
2- Energy gap
3- Sponge Syndrome

This is what I will be presenting in New Orleans.

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