That is a great question! Â I will do a science article soon with lots of detail on this. Â In the meantime, Maria and I typically look for these.
First, we don’t really focus on cholesterol. We look for inflammation markers like CRP, A1c and triglyceride to HDL ratio. Â Here is what we look for with those.
CRP:
Good: Less than 2.0
Great: Less than 1.0
A1c:
Good: 5.4 or less
Great: 5.0 or less
Triglyceride to HDL ratio:
Good: 2.0 or less
Great: 1.0 or less (so triglycerides lower than HDL).
There are other tests that we use to determine why a stall or other issue might be happening (ferritin below 50, D3 below 50, etc). I will explain in more detail in the science post. 🙂