Orrei, this is interesting. I know a couple of colleagues who have been doing this low carb diet and very happy about it. Lots of desis have low HDL and this would be a good way to boost it:
"..In the end, people in the low-carbohydrate group saw markers of inflammation and
triglycerides — a type of fat that circulates in the blood — plunge. Their
HDL, the so-called good cholesterol, rose more sharply than it did for people in the low-fat group.."