Balanced Weigh - Blood Lipid Changes

Blood Lipid Changes as a Result of Participating in the Balanced Weigh Program

PARTICIPANT	TOTAL CHOLESTEROL			TRIGLYCERIDES		HDL		LDL
Gender - Age	Before	After	% Decrease	Before	After	Before	After	Before	After
MALE – 52 MALE - 51 FEMALE – 55 MALE – 48 MALE - 37 FEMALE - 54 FEMALE – 64 MALE - 64 FEMALE – 48 MALE - 68 FEMALE – 51 FEMALE – 57 FEMALE - 63 MALE – 64	352 277 313 276 220 309 260 227 302 242 323 240 245 254	182 146 178 171 139 198 170 147 200 162 218 169 175 185	-48% -47% -43% -38% -37% -36% -35% -35% -34% -33% -32% -30% -29% -27%	529 350 201 344 249 412 116 63 73 108 187 205 201 147	111 79 80 83 74 171 109 87 92 63 153 61 80 119	62 40 50 42 29 48 76 67 93 56 63 65 50 46	54 33 56 47 24 38 44 48 77 50 53 58 56 42	230 161 212 165 141 170 161 147 195 186 206 134 212 179	155 97 106 107 103 126 104 82 105 105 142 99 106 119

Participants were not taking cholesterol-lowering medications.
The above results occurred within an eight-week period of time.
95% of the Balanced Weigh participants experience a reduction in their blood lipid levels.
The formula used for calculating LDL's ( TC-HDL- Tri/5) is not always an accurate indicator of risk. The problem is that the higher the triglycerides a person has, the lower their LDL's will be, according to the formula. People with very low triglycerides will end up with a higher LDL.