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Hey Bob, 
 
So, my test came back as not being an APOE4. I’m a 2/3 with 2 being pretty rare. So I kept digging. I ended up running across a video of Dr. Cywes. He was noting that some people have suppressed insulin. Mine is under the min at 2.1. He said when insulin is suppressed, the body converts more protein to glucose and cholesterol can skyrocket. The resolution is to force an insulin spike BID.  The recommendation is 2 glasses of whole milk a day. I also talked with one of Dr. Bikmans staff and she too recommended it. I’ve been doing it for a few days. I’ve had non-stop diarrhea. My ATL and AST both increased which then makes sense as I’m converting protein. It all kind of makes sense but more time is needed to see. Drinking a cup of whole milk BID has stopped my diarrhea completely. I’m back to normal from a stomach perspective. I’ll retest my lipids next week to see if they are coming down. She thinks I may be a lean mass hyper responder but with having suppressed insulin, my numbers don’t match up.  She said my trigs are quite profound. She’s never seen trigs over 500 on strict carnivore and thinks I may really see improvements with the milk. Apparently I just require a bit of cards for insulin increase. The fasting insulin numbers really need to be in the 3-4 range. What a wild ride.

Hey Bob, 
 
So, my test came back as not being an APOE4. I’m a 2/3 with 2 being pretty rare. So I kept digging. I ended up running across a video of Dr. Cywes. He was noting that some people have suppressed insulin. Mine is under the min at 2.1. He said when insulin is suppressed, the body converts more protein to glucose and cholesterol can skyrocket. The resolution is to force an insulin spike BID.  The recommendation is 2 glasses of whole milk a day. I also talked with one of Dr. Bikmans staff and she too recommended it. I’ve been doing it for a few days. I’ve had non-stop diarrhea. My ATL and AST both increased which then makes sense as I’m converting protein. It all kind of makes sense but more time is needed to see. Drinking a cup of whole milk BID has stopped my diarrhea completely. I’m back to normal from a stomach perspective. I’ll retest my lipids next week to see if they are coming down. She thinks I may be a lean mass hyper responder but with having suppressed insulin, my numbers don’t match up.  She said my trigs are quite profound. She’s never seen trigs over 500 on strict carnivore and thinks I may really see improvements with the milk. Apparently I just require a bit of cards for insulin increase. The fasting insulin numbers really need to be in the 3-4 range. What a wild ride.

Interesting video.
I find it interesting that his first charts looked like his lower numbers were falling within the recommended fasting window but his final chart it seemed that they were outside that window. I can’t see the charts very well on my phone but they were still very close to the recommended fasting window.
It’s still very interesting though and definitely needs further study. I’d love to see more people trying this to see if they can correlate his findings. In fact it would be great if you could try this and report back your findings.
Of course we have to remember that he was an N of 1 and just because this worked in his body doesn’t mean it works the same for everyone.
The thing about fasting blood test is that they are not just centered around test cholesterol. There are other things being tested as well that a longer fast may affect negatively as was in my case.
I should have clarified when I said that fasting took long and I believe it was over 24 hours, messed up my numbers it wasn’t my cholesterol, those numbers are great, but it was my A1b and glucose numbers that were off.
If his test can prove significant among a greater population then it would definitely be a good idea to make a blood test for cholesterol totally separate from any other with a different fasting window.
Good video, thanks.


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Thanks for your response @Geezy. I’ve been carnivore for 108 days today. The longest I’ve seen is 90 days on fat adaptation. I went and had a second done as someone mentioned I may not have fasted long enough. This time I fasted 14 hours and the numbers are even higher.