So my doctor gave me my cholesterol levels today.
I have high HDL (the good ones) and low LDL (the bad ones), but she said that the overall amount of cholesterol was bad. How can this be a problem if there are lots of good ones?
She also said that my triglycerides were high (not super high but above 'normal').
I'm 24wks pregnant and she said that could be the reason: something about the hormones increasing everything.
However she also said I should cut down on fat, do more exercise etc which has left me confused. I am very very active (a 45mins workout every single day, plus walking everywhere, pushing a buggy etc: I am so active my obstetrician (and DH!) is telling me to cut back). I eat no saturated fat at all (0% fat yogurt, cheese etc) and only eat 'good' fats (seeds, nuts etc) in small quantities. I never eat junk food, very little alcohol (even when not pregnant) and rarely eat out. Don't smoke.
So I have no idea what I can do to make these results 'better'. All the info I've found tells me to 'do more exercise' or 'stop eating fatty foods' which is useless: I take a huge amount of care of my health already!
Do I just ignore this as a pregnancy thing? Or is there something else I can do?