Reducing your
carb consumption will be one of the options, but then again you will also need to increase your overall level of activity,
especially during your cardio sessions.
In fact, the diet should be approximately 70 % of calories from unadulturated fats like low
carb nuts (pecans and macadamias are great, almonds ok and peanuts and cashews are considered higher
carb on the nut scale), avocado, grass fed butter, coconut oil, olive oil; and the remainng 15/15 for protein and non-starchy vegetable
carbs,
especially nutrient dense leafy greens It is carbohydrates or high protein leading to gluconeogenesis in the diet that make concurrent
consumption of fats a cardiovascular risk, but in a properly
carb - restricted and moderate protein diet, and in the absence of systemic inflammation (hsCRP, ESR), one should not worry about increases in cholesterol, but focus on the size of the cholesterol particles (bigger is better) Dr. Peter Attia explains this complex topic well.
For the female athlete, past or current, this likely assumes significant
consumption of gluten in the form of refined carbohydrates (pasta, bread, crackers and the like),
especially prior to competition for «
carb loading.»