'Keto-like' diet may be associated with a higher risk of heart disease, according to new research...

Interesting as the article is….. I was on a …… mostly Paleo diet for two years. I got down to 170lbs, almost the weight I was when I left the service. My blood pressure was great, my blood sugar went from just over 100 to consistently in the middle 80’s to low 90’s, but the most interesting thing was my cholesterol. At 20 years old, the first time I knew my cholesterol, it was in the 270’s. It stayed that way, without taking medication, until I had been on the Paleo diet for approximately 8 months. To my surprise, for the first time in my life, my cholesterol fell below 200 (192). I have never taken medication for cholesterol. It stayed below 200 until about two years ago ( No longer Paleo now). I had a Cardiac Calcium test with a result of less than 1 last year.
My LDL readings have always been high with the exception of the time spent on the paleo diet. While I have yet to be able to get a Doctor to order an LDL partial size test. I do believe, as I have read in some smaller studies, that it is only the small particle LDL that actual causes the majority of plaque in the arteries. I believe that my LDL must be, primarily, large particle. This would possibly explain why I have a Cardiac Calcium test score of less than 1 yet I have had high LDL readings almost my whole life.
I could be an anomaly but that’s what I experienced from my time on that type of diet….