High Triglycerides - How can the number come down

Posted by deniseheart @deniseheart, 13 hours ago

I am not new to an above normal triglyceride number and it has been irritating me for over 30 years. Tried niacin therapy, no carb diet, lots of fruits and veggies, low salt, daily exercise which I still do today and no change. I do daily self hypnosis to reduce stress even though I am retired and my stressors are in my past. I also take a statin. If you have been successful in reducing your triglyceride number I would love to hear from you.

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I can only offer what I (think) I understand:

Fruits and vegetables are almost essential for a 'balanced' diet, but............they are full of carbs in so many cases. Not so much lettuce and cucumber, as examples, but any root 'vegetables' will have lots of sugar (carrots, turnips, beets, spuds...) and about the only 'safe' fruit to eat is blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Blueberries are okay, but sparingly because they have more sugar per unit of mass of consumption. Bananas and apples, mangos, most tropical fruits, are high in carbs. So, if you are of the mind that you need to limit carbs in order to minimize your system's genetically engineered way of producing triglycerides, then you should be very careful about both fruits and vegetable consumption. There are scads of websites showing the expected carbohydrate content of any food imaginable. Try to stay below 100 gms per day, and 75 grams is about where it would be ideal to be 'low carb'.
Alcohol is bad, so is any refined sugar and the foods in which they are often found, meaning almost all packaged foods are going to be suspect. Whole foods you must prepare yourself will always be both cheaper and better in terms of triglycerides.
At the bottom of any serious undertaking will be one's motivation. Motivation is key, and it must be watered and fed every day for it to be healthy and to thrive. One way to achieve that is through self-education. Read, read, read.

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@deniseheart
My heart failure doctor asked me take fish oil capsules twice a day. This was to bring down my tryglicryeds.

My tryglicyrides were cut in half. Has any of our doctors mentioned fish oil to you?

Each patient is different so fish oil might not be considered for you or right for you. So what worked for me might not work for you. Thus you should check with your doctors before you take any supplments.

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@gloaming

I can only offer what I (think) I understand:

Fruits and vegetables are almost essential for a 'balanced' diet, but............they are full of carbs in so many cases. Not so much lettuce and cucumber, as examples, but any root 'vegetables' will have lots of sugar (carrots, turnips, beets, spuds...) and about the only 'safe' fruit to eat is blackberries, strawberries, and raspberries. Blueberries are okay, but sparingly because they have more sugar per unit of mass of consumption. Bananas and apples, mangos, most tropical fruits, are high in carbs. So, if you are of the mind that you need to limit carbs in order to minimize your system's genetically engineered way of producing triglycerides, then you should be very careful about both fruits and vegetable consumption. There are scads of websites showing the expected carbohydrate content of any food imaginable. Try to stay below 100 gms per day, and 75 grams is about where it would be ideal to be 'low carb'.
Alcohol is bad, so is any refined sugar and the foods in which they are often found, meaning almost all packaged foods are going to be suspect. Whole foods you must prepare yourself will always be both cheaper and better in terms of triglycerides.
At the bottom of any serious undertaking will be one's motivation. Motivation is key, and it must be watered and fed every day for it to be healthy and to thrive. One way to achieve that is through self-education. Read, read, read.

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excellent suggestions. Thank you very much.

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@jc76

@deniseheart
My heart failure doctor asked me take fish oil capsules twice a day. This was to bring down my tryglicryeds.

My tryglicyrides were cut in half. Has any of our doctors mentioned fish oil to you?

Each patient is different so fish oil might not be considered for you or right for you. So what worked for me might not work for you. Thus you should check with your doctors before you take any supplments.

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I have not taken fish oil. I am going to message my cardiologist today about adding it. Thank you very much.

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@deniseheart

I have not taken fish oil. I am going to message my cardiologist today about adding it. Thank you very much.

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I believe this is good advice by jc76. The best supplemental oils have DHA (docosa
hexaaenoic acid). Said: doe KO sa hexa aaynoik acid, but DHA is widely understood). Also, you want omega 3 and not so much omega 6, although if either is present and 'young' (bottle not stale dated per the 'best before' or expiry date, and if the product is consumed inside of about six weeks, AND it is kept sealed and in a refrigerator) they are both readily usable by the body. Just be careful of stale oils not properly stored, not consumed in a few weeks at most, and that have not been exposed to room temps and to oxygen much (they go rancid, and with that comes inflammation when they are ingested).

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