Yikes....High Triglycerides !!!!

Andreagay60
Andreagay60 Posts: 50 Member
edited January 23 in Food and Nutrition
We did our annual screening at work today for insurance purposes....My bloodwork (Cholesterol, Glucose)...my blood pressure, BMI, weight and waist measurements all looked good....but my TRIGLYCERIDES are 328...and should not be over 200. This was not a fasting blood stick and I had just eaten my lunch. It was a little high last year also, but it has gone up. Any advice ? The nurse at work says to try fishoil. I am very concerned.

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  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,793 Member
    Triglycerides are not effected by fasting, trigs are part of the LDL particle (lipoprotein). Generally speaking high trigs will accompany low/er HDL and increased CRP (C-reactive protein, an inflammation marker) and is associated with a low fat high carb diet. This might not be the case, but it's very common. High trigs are also associated with small dense LDL, which is not the ones we really want to have, but doesn't show up on VAP tests, so even though LDL might not be high, it might still be of a concern.
  • Andreagay60
    Andreagay60 Posts: 50 Member
    Any suggestions ?
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,793 Member
    Go talk to your primary care physician and get retested with a full cholesterol panel and hopefully from a Dr that knows what it means. You could also talk to a Dietitian, who generally know a good deal about cholesterol. A lower carb diet will drop your trigs almost immediately. Lower carb means higher protein and fat, so be aware of that if you decide to go that route. Try to keep everything natural, with minimal processed foods. Exercise and reduced body weight also help.
  • RaineyLaney
    RaineyLaney Posts: 605 Member
    agree's with above poster, see your primary care doctor. You may need to be put on cholesterol medicines. That is pretty high 328
  • shandi_b
    shandi_b Posts: 153 Member
    My hubby is in the same boat. Chol with one of the none fasting tests during the day shows normal but has high trigs. We got our GP to run a full test fasting chol. Etc and he has high trigs and sky high "bad" chol levels. He is now on two medications and it brought the levels down to normal within two weeks. (diet changes he tried first and over a month it didn't make a difference)
    He is not overweight and moderately active....
    We have since talked to family members and his Dad, uncle on his dads side and grandmother also have the same issue and it hits in the mid thirties for them.

    Not much help I know but I would get it checked out with your normal doctor.......
  • LauraDotts
    LauraDotts Posts: 732 Member
    Definitely get a second test done to confirm it.

    A lot of people see a huge drop in triglycerides with a low carb, moderate protein, high fat diet. I know that sounds counter-intuitive but it works. While I didn't have high triglycerides, they dropped from 106 to 68 in a 3 month period.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,793 Member
    http://content.onlinejacc.org/article.aspx?articleid=1186960&issueno=1
    The investigators note that while the traditional diet reduced LDL-cholesterol levels, the low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet resulted in greater increases in HDL cholesterol and singificantly larger reductions in triacylglycerol levels (a two-fold greater reduction compared to the traditional low-fat diet).
    "consistent with other recent studies, the VLCHF (very-low-carb high-fat) diet produced greater reductions in TAG and increases in HDL-C than the HCLF (high-carbohydrate low-fat) diet. This suggests that the VLCHF diet as a weight loss strategy may confer the greatest clinical benefits in patients who present with hypertriglyceridemia, low HDL levels, abdominal adiposity, and insulin resistance"
  • Andreagay60
    Andreagay60 Posts: 50 Member
    I am very confused so I do need to talk to my family doctor. My cholesterol levels were perfect...only my trigs are up. I don't eat a high carb diet....I have gone over 40 days with no sugary snaks, only getting sugar from fruits and some in my foods...but I do have a very healthy diet and I walk everyday up to 3-4 miles a day. I will get this down....Im going to actively work on it. Thankyou so much for all of your imput.
  • fittocycle
    fittocycle Posts: 827 Member
    Do you eat processed food or fast food? What about foods with high fructose corn syrup? If you do, you might want to eliminate them from your diet. You could try eating the old-fashioned, cook on the stove type of oatmeal for breakfast. Be sure to add in some ground flaxseed, walnuts and cinnamon. If nothing else, it's good for you!
    Good for you for trying to figure out what to change and making an effort to do so!:flowerforyou:
  • takumaku
    takumaku Posts: 352 Member
    Agree with the other poster. Talk to your doctor.

    High carbs + low fat == low HDL, high LDL, elevated trigs.
    Moderate carbs + moderate fat == higher HDL, lower LDL, lower trigs.

    Also to point out that elevated trigs are caused by a high consumption of fructose (high fructose corn syrup, fruits, etc.). I dropped mine to ideal levels by eliminating processed foods containing HFCS, high gi foods, and adding more mono fats (olive oils, flax seeds, nuts).
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