In article >,
"Dee Randall" > wrote:

> "OmManiPadmeOmelet" > wrote in message
> ...
> > In article >, biig > wrote:
> >
> >> How do you test your own HDL levels? I've not heard of this unless
> >> you are a lab technician....????
> >
> > 'zactly. ;-)
> >
> > Working in a clinical lab has it's advantages...
> > --
> > Om.
>
> Definitely; I have to hog-tie a doctor to get him/her to get a blood test.
> The doctors I've seen usually say the same thing, "not all tests are good
> tests," and if they turn out abnormal, they will say, "we'll just wait until
> the next time, to see if it has changed."
> Yikes! I need a job at your clinic!
> How often do you test yourself? If you care to say.
> Dee Dee
>
>

When I am playing around with diet etc., I generally test monthly.

Or, I'll sometimes run a level within 48 to 72 hours of an
"experimental" diet change like eating shrimp. ;-)

My normal HDL runs 45 to 55 most of the time. The other night after 3
days on shrimp, it was 77! I had eaten about 1 lb. on Monday, then just
2 or 3 leftover ones per day on Teus. and Wed. I tested Wed. night. I
had sauteed' 2 lbs. each of large gulf shrimp and fresh water prawn as a
day after Christmas brunch. I cooked them in dill butter and olive oil.

The first time I discovered this anomally, I'd been on a 1 week shrimp
pigout after I found some on closeout at a store that was going out of
business. I have an absolute _passion_ for shrimp!

My HDL was over 100.

I've been proving it to myself ever since that shrimp raises HDL, and
quickly.
--
Om.

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch." -Jack Nicholson