I'm not going to bother with the rest. It is all crap about how eating little to no vegetables is bad for you, and how all that fat will raise your Cholesterol. I'll let my test results peak for themselves.
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Patients on a low-carbohydrate diet should be monitored for orthostatic hypotension (supine blood pressure vs standing blood pressure), dizziness, headaches, fatigue, irritability, gout, and kidney failure. Laboratory work includes routine blood tests (glucose, blood urea nitrogen, sodium, potassium, chloride, and bicarbonate), urinalysis (specific gravity, pH, protein, and acetone), and a lipid profile.
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Blood Pressure: 110-120/70 (Before: 140+/??)
Dizziness: NOPE
Headaches: NO MORE THAN BEFORE
Fatigue: FAR LESS THAN BEFORE
Irritability: FAR LESS THAN BEFORE
Gout: NOPE
Blood Glucose: 84 (NORMAL)
Sodium, Potassium, Chloride: ALL NORMAL
Bicarbonate: NOT TESTED [IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY]
Urine Specific Gravity: NORMAL
Urine pH: NORMAL
Urine Protein and Acetone: I DON'T REMEMBER IF THEY DID THAT ONE, BUT ALL OF THE URINALYSIS RESULTS WERE NORMAL
Urine Glucose: NEGATIVE
Urine Ketone: NEGATIVE [That one is wierd, but I continue to lose weight despite not excreting extra Ketones (anymore.)]
Cholesterol: 175 (GOOD)
LDL: 122 (GOOD FOR A PERSON WITH 2 RISK FACTORS)
HDL: 33 (LOW...BUT, CONSIDERING MY DIET PREVIOUSLY WAS MOSTLY GRAIN, SUGAR, AND TRANS-FAT...IT WAS PROBABLY VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT BEFORE ATKINS.)
VLDL: 19 (GOOD)
Triglycerides: 96 (GOOD)