My Cholesterol and LDL values are going up very fast. I have been on low carbohydrate diet for the period 1 Nov to end Dec 16 and lost 8 kgs of weight. The Cholesterol went up from 220 on Nov 1 to 257 by mid Dec 16. I got Herpes zoster in second half of Dec 2016 and the Cholesterol level has gone upto 290 and Non HDL about 250 with LDL about 200. Question: 1. Does the low carbohydrate diet increase cholesterol levels. I read somewhere that when teh weight loss happens and fat gets depleted the cholesterol and other lipids enter the blood stream and the ststisn do not help in this case? 2. Does the Herpes zoster and the anti viral medicine taken increase cholesterol? 3. How do we check the profile/ size distribution of LDL? 4. What should I do to reduce the Cholesterol - diet, medicines, exercise.