will eating smart ones lower triglycerides?

It's the same old story, lose weight, exercise, good fats, reduce sugar etc. Your doctor may prescribe statins for you as well.

I had this problem and I didn't understand the seriousness until I had a heart scan and it was found that I had thickening of the wall of the left side of my heart.

I did take statins but I had bad side effects but I know others that do well on them.

Maybe. But Eating foods rich in Omega-3 will help you out, maybe even taking that supplement, and I'm not a fan of processed Foods See how much sodium is in their foods here. http://caloriecount.about.com/smart-ones-nutrition-m942 Their calorie/cholesterol ratio looks good, but the sodium is crazy. But that's the way it is with most processed foods.

Found this info for you.

ELIMINATE or LIMIT ALL sugars such as, concentrated sweets, sugar, honey, molasses, jams, jellies, candies, pies, cakes, cookies, candy, doughnuts, ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sweetened gelatine.

Eliminate or limit as much as you can alcohol, such as beer, wine, hard liquor, liqueurs as well as other foods, like sweetened cereals, flavored yogurts, and sports or energy bars.

http://www.all-about-lowering-cholesterol.com/diet-to-lower-triglycerides.html

Part of the reason I started losing weight was because my doc said that my Cholesterol wasn't good for my age, and it doesn't run in my family. It was because of the weight. I'll know in a couple of months when I go back in for a check up if it's changed any, I told her I wanted to do the whole foods/exercise routine and not go on med's unless I absolutely had to.

I don't know if you're not a cooker. I'm not really but if you ever have time like one evening a week someone on the boards here said that they make up their meals/foods and put them in the freezer for convenience.

Here's a link on foods that help lower cholesterol. http://www.joybauer.com/high-cholesterol/oatmeal-for-high-cholesterol.aspx

I also started using flaxseed and oatbran/oatmeal in a lot of my breakfast choices because I read that oats can help naturally, I also try to eat some cherries during the week because that helps too, and that flaxseed is good for the whole digestive system which the liver is connected to. So thinking that I"m helping all of my organs out inside there.

I eat salmon It's at wally world, it's frozen it's all natural pacific caught and it's in the frozen section, (orangey-red outer bag) it has no breading on it and it's individually sealed/packaged. It's super quick too when they cook. I put down about 1/2t of olive oil so it doesn't stick to the pan, then about 1/4 t of bread crumbs, put the salmon on top of that, sprinkle about 3/4 of a teaspoon of the breadcrumbs sometimes less on top of it and then cook it for 10-13 minutes and it's done. It's has omega 3's in it and it's quick and you can eat with anything. It also doesn't flake all over the place, and it's quick clean up which is good because I hate doing dishes.

Hodgsons Oatbran or just regular oatbran is excellent to make morning breakfast with, You'll have to bake but the breads/muffins you can make taste good and it helps lower cholesterol you can also just buy oatmeal, though I prefer oatbran it seems to be more filling and they have some really good recipes on the web for oatbran.

Sorry if that doesn't help much, but just read what you can about what helps lower triglycerides and find the most common denominators from research and go from there.

Fish oil isn't created equal and nothing beats its EPA / DHA profile. Nothing.

I'd recommend buying any of the following types to avoid belching: Nordic Naturals, Carlson's, Barleans (has the addition of citrus to the capsule), or Trader Darwin's (from Trader Joe's).

I've tried a LOT of brands of fish oil and those DO NOT cause unwanted side effects. I take between 4-6 capsules daily. I also eat salmon, herring, and other oily fish about 6-8 times weekly. So if anyone were to smell like a fish, it would be me. And I don't!

I am not going to sugar coat it. I lowered my trugs from 500 down to 49.

Plain and simple your going to have to change your lifestyle and your thinking. Stop the excuses and the I cants.

Plain and simple is, you don't want to.

I eliminated processed and most processed sugars. Thatmeant grains, most fruit, pricessed foods, ice cream, etc.

If you want to be healthy it requires TRUE change.

Meat and veggirs are not boring if you are creative with your spices and flavorings.

How bad do you want your trigs to be in a healthy level?

Fish oil isn't created equal and nothing beats its EPA / DHA profile. Nothing.

I'd recommend buying any of the following types to avoid belching: Nordic Naturals, Carlson's, Barleans (has the addition of citrus to the capsule), or Trader Darwin's (from Trader Joe's).

I've tried a LOT of brands of fish oil and those DO NOT cause unwanted side effects. I take between 4-6 capsules daily. I also eat salmon, herring, and other oily fish about 6-8 times weekly. So if anyone were to smell like a fish, it would be me. And I don't!

Silly me, I didn't read all the posts before posting again. lol

Yup, that's mine! "Barleans" with the citrus but mines not in capsules its in the bottle and I store it in the fridge, YUM, I know hard to believe but it does have a nice flavor Oh and nice to see the TJ's recommendation as well, waiting for my store here to open up but good to jot down the info so I'll have it. "Barney" you're just a wealth of info!! I appreciate it!!:drinker:

Becca

the problem with the chicken, veggies and brown rice is I get bored easy and that results in a binge for me so yea not so good I like the smart ones cause they have a variety of choices and they are easy to make.

Oh I do understand how one could get bored eating the same foods. I guess I switch up mine enough that it's not same everyday. I use various websites and check diaries and if something interests me I ask a friend how she made her dinner etc. Got a great Roasted Ravioli Recipe from an MFP friend the other day simply by seeing it in her diary under simplemeals.com or something and looked up it.

Simple recipe, looks yum and best of all healthy. But at the begining of time with all this, I was the same way, lost in what I'd be cooking and getting bored with baked chicken every night, so I don't eat it everynight anymore. LOL Rarely in fact.