Good morning, all!
Yesterday I went to the doctor. It was my well-woman checkup. Also, I had asked for blood tests to be done
when I started the diet and this was my first opportunity to find out the
results.
HDL is on the low side but within range. LDL is high, which makes my LDL/HDL ratio too
high. Cholesterol is within range but on
the high side, which makes my cholesterol HDL ratio too high, also. My fasting glucose was also too high, but
only a little and my Hgb A1c was a little high.
It indicates an ‘increased risk for diabetes mellitus’. I dodged the bullet yet again! I am not actually diabetic. Yet.
And hopefully this whole diet thing will keep me from ever being
diabetic.
So you know, my doctor approved of what I’m doing. She did make a few suggestions. As you know, I have been debating – what
shall be my first food to introduce? I
waffled for a while – mostly between milk and cheese (with the occasional
thought to whatever food I am craving at the moment). Yes, I am testing cheese separately from
milk, because many people who react to milk don’t react to cheese. Now I know why. And my doctor approved of putting milk and
cheese at the top of the list – but she suggested I reverse them. Cheese first, then milk. Milk has three things that can cause
reactions – casein, lactose, and whey.
Cheese has casein and whey, but the lactose has been changed as it
became cheese. So testing cheese will
test for casein and whey, then milk will test for the lactose. So I get cheese!
The doctor did give me some other good suggestions. We have my first six test foods planned. Also, she tells me there is no reason to give
up vinegar. So I can bring out my apple
cider vinegar and start making a nice vinaigrette. A little cold pressed olive oil, some apple
cider vinegar, and a few seasonings. I
will experiment and let you know.
I will tell you
tomorrow how my day with cheese went. I
have no reason to believe anything will go wrong. My love affair with cheese is about to begin
again!
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