My DH just got his blood work back. His total cholesterol is 209, which I wouldn't really worry about except that his HDL is much too low, and this was an insurance pre-screening and you know what having the 'wrong' numbers can do in the minds of paper pushers.

Background. We've been on Atkins a full year. He eats sushi once week, and crab or shimp once a week most of the time. I do all the cooking, and we use free range meats, olive oil, butter or coconut oil, and probably not quite enough veggies, veggies are an ongoing struggle in this house. The test was mid January. He did slack some over the holidays, but that means he had dessert more often when we ate out, so only a max of 3 times a week. No bad carbs in the house. He works out twice a week, but we slacked that a little over Xmas too, so that might have been a factor.

The holiday slacking is over, and he's back on the straight and narrow.

I could really use some suggestions on getting his HDL up, for his health, and at least temporarily the total down, for insurance purposes. (We're self employed, and this would get him a MUCH better rate.)

Total Cholesterol 209 <200
Triglycerides 101 <150
HDL 37 >40
LDL 152 <100
and something called
LDL Direct measurement 182 <100


No suggestions for soy please. I'm highly allergic.