LDL: truthfully NOT the “bad” cholesterol (continued)

It depends on each unique case, of course. It depends on how well your client has addressed (and sustained improvement in!) all of the major root causes of suboptimal intracellular thyroid function in their unique case. If these are being well addressed (and checking thyroid panel first in order to see if this has happened before rechecking LDL is prudent to ensure client expectations are being set properly), then LDL can actually respond quite quickly. I have seen a committed client address stress, inflammation, and nutrient drivers for hypothyroid in the function and experience a dramatic drop in LDL confirmed in just a few weeks. More typically, this takes 3-4 months. For the typical client, it can take a while to make sustainable lifestyle change and address *all* of the root causes at once to actually allow the thryoid function to improve substantially, especially if notably high or low cortisol is part of the basket of factors at play in creating a hypothyroid state. And the margin of LDL elevation that is attributable to hypothyroidism is also going to vary dramatically depending on the unique individual and what other factors are at play (e.g. fatty liver, insulin resistance, aggregate stress).… Read more »