high triglycerides?

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  • ak592
    ak592 Posts: 7 Member
    edited March 2015
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    I'm around 30yo male myself. Heart disease runs in the family - many of the men on my dad's side have had heart attacks and/or died from them. I get a ton of saturated and unsaturated fats every week (around 300g sat fat, 100g each poly and mono unsat fat) from peanut butter, coconut oil, flax seed, and salmon. I have a really low triglyceride count (39). I would be very cautious of anyone saying "reduce fat" because of a high tri count.

    Incidentally, my LDL is 50, HDL 65, cholesterol 123.
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 10,017 Member
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    Low HDL and that is low, combined with high trigs is an indicator of small dense LDL, another indicator that he should at least see a specialist, in my opinion.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    edited March 2015
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    It has been known for decades that low-fat, high-carbohydrate diets can increase plasma triglyceride levels
    - and that was 15 years ago. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11082210

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