AS a part time burner i only us about a cord or less a year.Still have 2-3 cords i split &stacked 3 years ago. Since i cant use the stove on sunny days and when it over 35-40 outside that limits my wood use.
Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to share that personal info. I'm a little confused though, at first you say you found diet worked for you too, but then you say Diet,,,, had no effect on levels????Congratulations on a great turnaround. I have found that diet works for me too, it's basically low carb and dairy. I can shed about 10 pounds in a few weeks just by cutting them out. However, I can't do the niacin and high does of vitamin C make my stomach acidic. With the niacin I turn beet red and feel like I have the worlds worse case of the hives, even at half that dose. Had to stop because it was freaking out my coworkers and had no effect on my cholesterol levels. I have genetically high cholesterol on both sides of family. Diet, exercise, niacin, etc. had no effect on my levels. Statins have helped me get them back to normal. That was until my last blood test in which my levels plummeted. Triglyceride level went down too. They were better than my wife's low levels! (HDL 41, LDL 87) There was only one change for that test... I had stopped drinking coffee. A bit of research for why that would have an effect turned up an interesting bit on cholesterol science. We drink unfiltered coffee from a Bodum press pot. It turns out that unfiltered coffee is very high in terpenes. And terpenes convert into cholesterol when metabolized. I am due for my annual blood test next month. I switched to mostly tea drinking since then. If the levels stay low I will be dropping statin dosage to a lower level and retested.
That coffee thing troubles me, I initially eliminated it from my diet, just because I was doing a purifying thing, but started drinking it again after I had lost the weight and my cholesterol levels had dropped. All info I had read about it suggested that it had no effect on cholesterol levels, providing you don't take cream and sugar with it. Guess I better do some more reading.
Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to share that personal info. I'm a little confused though, at first you say you found diet worked for you too, but then you say Diet,,,, had no effect on levels????
As for the niacin, most people flush pretty good when they first start taking it, but if you start low and gradually bring up the dose it doesn't take long before you can handle the mega doses they recommend. I still feel the flush once in a while if I take it on an empty stomach, but I don't get that strong rash like I have hives anymore, it's just a warm feeling on my skin, and this may sound weird, but I kind of started to enjoy it.
Vitamin C is an acid, so it you have problems with acid food, it might be hard to take.
That coffee thing troubles me, I initially eliminated it from my diet, just because I was doing a purifying thing, but started drinking it again after I had lost the weight and my cholesterol levels had dropped. All info I had read about it suggested that it had no effect on cholesterol levels, providing you don't take cream and sugar with it. Guess I better do some more reading.
As I mentioned earlier, I'm overdue to have my levels checked again. I even have the paper work from the doctor I'm suppose to take to the lab to get the blood work, just haven't gone in yet. I should take care of that and see where I stand. If it turns out good I won't bother giving up my coffee, if not I may have to rethink things a bit. ?