I am wondering about people who are exceptions to the rules and generalities of medicine. I am not talking about people who escape death and disease through luck, but what modern medicine considers statistically the norm of things like heart disease, diabetes, cancers, etc.

Today I had a cholestorol screening at a health fair and while I had not had one since I was 20 years old (17 years ago), I thought for sure that it would turn up that my cholestorol's were high. In addition, they screened for diabetes and sugars. (I can post all the results if someone in medicine would like to comment further).

What I would like to know and especially from those ATS'ers who work in medicine is why as my diet is so polar to the normal theory of how to keep your cholestorol levels down was my test especially remarkeable?

I was actually surprised myself since I never eat vegetables except for potatoes, and tomatoes(only in pasta sauces). I mainly eat proteins in meats of beef or chicken, fried or deep fried. I eat some pastas and mainly food like it would be prepared at a fast food restaurant. I never eat green vegetables ever. I barely eat any candy. I would think that most of the foods I eat are prepared wrong and not good for you, but the test results showed otherwise.

Here ya go:

Total Cholestorol:188 mg/dl
Triglycerides:57 mg/dl
Glucose/Blood Sugar:104 mg/dl
HDL: 55
LDL: 122
Cholestorol/HDl: 3.4

I am 37 now and the nurse acted surprised even more so than when she tested my co-worker who is some young dude.

You won the genetic lottery is what happened.

Originally posted by uberarcanist
You won the genetic lottery is what happened.

That is probably why, but I can hardly believe it. How would genetics decide that some people can be garbage compactors when it comes to eating and not kill them?