- Joined
- Nov 3, 2017
- Messages
- 2
- Reaction score
- 0
I posted this elsewhere, but I'm really struggling with answering this for my nutrition class.
Long. Story. Short.
In a supremely basic nutrition course, we were given the stats on a volunteer subject.
Caucasian male, 35years old, 5'8, 239lbs. Known medications are omeprazole, levsin, clonazepam were all as needed.
Subject had been on a ketogenic diet combined with high intensity interval training for 3.5months and lost a total of 41lbs.
We were given labs on a variety of things and were tasked with evaluation if there was/is/will be a current risk for CVD now or in the future. It was mentioned that neither parents have familial hypercholesteremia or any heart issues.
Total Cholesterol - 260
LDL - 199
HDL - 56
Triglycerides - 54
Glucose - 73 (fasting)
Blood Pressure - 120/80
C- Reactive Protein - 10.73% mg/dl
WBC - normal
RBC - normal
Thyroid - normal
A1C - 5.3% normal
I know absolutely ZILCH about nutrition coming from a ketogenic angle like this problem has. The trigs are low and HDL, glucose and BP are great, but that TC and LDL are high. I wasn't concerned with my answer until I saw the C-Reactive Protein! Now I'm unsure if that is there from a CVD standpoint or if from the soreness of the HIIT routine the volunteer says he does.
Anyone have insight to help an old MSIII guy at this point?
Long. Story. Short.
In a supremely basic nutrition course, we were given the stats on a volunteer subject.
Caucasian male, 35years old, 5'8, 239lbs. Known medications are omeprazole, levsin, clonazepam were all as needed.
Subject had been on a ketogenic diet combined with high intensity interval training for 3.5months and lost a total of 41lbs.
We were given labs on a variety of things and were tasked with evaluation if there was/is/will be a current risk for CVD now or in the future. It was mentioned that neither parents have familial hypercholesteremia or any heart issues.
Total Cholesterol - 260
LDL - 199
HDL - 56
Triglycerides - 54
Glucose - 73 (fasting)
Blood Pressure - 120/80
C- Reactive Protein - 10.73% mg/dl
WBC - normal
RBC - normal
Thyroid - normal
A1C - 5.3% normal
I know absolutely ZILCH about nutrition coming from a ketogenic angle like this problem has. The trigs are low and HDL, glucose and BP are great, but that TC and LDL are high. I wasn't concerned with my answer until I saw the C-Reactive Protein! Now I'm unsure if that is there from a CVD standpoint or if from the soreness of the HIIT routine the volunteer says he does.
Anyone have insight to help an old MSIII guy at this point?
