Cholesterol 2026: Part 3
Test results as compared to 3 months ago : Yes, it's worse than previous but not as bad as I had expected. During the preceding 2 weeks or more, I had cakes more often than usual (shared with my mum who was here for a while) and might have exercised a little less than usual (no access to treadmill or swimming pool during the 2-night trip to Seremban). Total cholesterol is uncomfortably above the personalised score of 6 but still not alarming. LDL is only slightly above and so that's ok. The good news is triglycerides level fell a lot while HDL improved tremendously. Hence, overall I'm not worried and need not start taking medication. Hopefully my reasons for the deterioration are correct and so it should get better in 3 months time. Meanwhile, I resolved to have a bit more unsweetened soy milk. Incidentally, I fasted about 12 hours for this test and so the vast improvement 3 months ago was probably not due to fasting for 11 hours. That remains a mystery :D