Triglycerides

rafman55
rafman55 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Introduce Yourself
hi - I'm 60 yrs old and have had trouble controlling my triglyceride levels - they are high - 241. Need to make changes. I thought I was eating healthy but maybe not. Any tips other than customary things you find on Internet?

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  • justinpc18
    justinpc18 Posts: 5 Member
    I too have had triglyceride problems. Also with high cholesterol and blood pressure. I need to make some changes but it is very hard. Good luck to you!
  • Sabine_Stroehm
    Sabine_Stroehm Posts: 19,251 Member
    Does your daily diet include lots of heavily refined carbs?
  • mygatorgirl8
    mygatorgirl8 Posts: 38 Member
    I too have high triglicerides.....no medications bought it down low enoough.....I decided to loose weight last year....After loosing 30lbs.....my triglicerides, blood pressure, all came down to normal....hope this helps.
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    • Eat more whole foods, less processed foods.
    • Exercise more; make exercise a lifestyle change, not something you to because you need to.
    • Limit alcohol consumption; alcohol abuse can raise triglyercides.
    • Take 2-3 grams of combined EPA & DHA from Fish Oil per day. Carlson Elite is a good brand to cross-reference with other EPA & DHA amounts per capsule.
  • mahammadtouseef
    mahammadtouseef Posts: 97 Member
    I had high trygliceride 232 but in 1 month i could reduce it to 135. I had some fish oil capsule (nutrilite). More over i did walked. I could not run because of high weight. But i did brisk walk. Ate less non veg but more fish. Eating green leaves also helps. Every morning drinking warm lemon water empty stomach also helped considerably.

    Try whichever is convinient to you. All the best.

    For any further help please feel free to ask.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,864 Member
    rafman55 wrote: »
    hi - I'm 60 yrs old and have had trouble controlling my triglyceride levels - they are high - 241. Need to make changes. I thought I was eating healthy but maybe not. Any tips other than customary things you find on Internet?

    - make regular exercise a part of your life...this is huge and goes a long way here
    - moderate your intake of carbohydrates...doesn't necessarily mean low carb, but in general, issues with triglycerides tend to arrive when more carbs are being consumed than can be burned off.
    - kind of goes with the second point, but more whole foods...when you are consuming carbs, make better choices...less "junky" carbs and more wholesome nutrition.
    - moderate your alcohol consumption if you drink
    - get your Omega 3s
  • Hollywood_Porky
    Hollywood_Porky Posts: 491 Member
    sixxpoint wrote: »
    • Eat more whole foods, less processed foods.
    • Exercise more; make exercise a lifestyle change, not something you to because you need to.
    • Limit alcohol consumption; alcohol abuse can raise triglyercides.
    • Take 2-3 grams of combined EPA & DHA from Fish Oil per day. Carlson Elite is a good brand to cross-reference with other EPA & DHA amounts per capsule.

    Bingo! Great post! :)
  • MonaLisaLianne
    MonaLisaLianne Posts: 398 Member
    edited June 2015
    Losing weight and daily exercise (walk/run about 3 miles a day) brought my triglycerides down from 383 to 155 in about two years time. That's even in the face of my daily cocktail! I am amazed. My HDL is now 83, too. :)

    ETA: I have also been taking Evening Primrose Oil and Black Currant Oil daily. Both are good sources of the omega-6 fatty acid gamma-linolenic acid, or GLA.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
    Limit fats and sugars in your diet.
    Be more active.
    Quit smoking.
    Limit alcohol.
  • sunnyside1213
    sunnyside1213 Posts: 1,205 Member
    Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
    Limit fats and sugars in your diet.
    Be more active.
    Quit smoking.
    Limit alcohol.
  • sixxpoint
    sixxpoint Posts: 3,529 Member
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
    Limit fats and sugars in your diet.
    Be more active.
    Quit smoking.
    Limit alcohol.

    Not technically true (in bold).

    And while quitting smoking is great, I don't know that there is any correlation with smoking & triglycerides.
  • ejbronte
    ejbronte Posts: 867 Member
    sixxpoint wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
    Limit fats and sugars in your diet.
    Be more active.
    Quit smoking.
    Limit alcohol.

    Not technically true (in bold).

    And while quitting smoking is great, I don't know that there is any correlation with smoking & triglycerides.

    Agree here on the fats: my triglycerides were also very high in December (HDL low, LDL high). I renewed my old label-reading obsession, and didn't buy anything that had tri's in the list. But I increased my intake of avocado, eggs, and other seemingly counter-intuitive food, and, to paraphrase the immortal words spoken by John Astin in "Night Court" (aging myself in the process): "it's looking MUCH better now."

  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    edited June 2015
    sixxpoint wrote: »
    sunnyside1213 wrote: »
    Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight.
    Limit fats and sugars in your diet.
    Be more active.
    Quit smoking.
    Limit alcohol.

    Not technically true (in bold).

    And while quitting smoking is great, I don't know that there is any correlation with smoking & triglycerides.
    Smoking causation I don't know. There's certainly correlation though not necessarily statistically significant: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6829404
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8729716
    Limiting fats isn't as important as replacing saturated ones with poly and mono unsaturated ones.
    Mayo clinic seems to feel so about sugars: http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/high-blood-cholesterol/in-depth/triglycerides/art-20048186?pg=2
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Reducing triglycerides really is about cutting out refined / packaged carbs and adding foods with omega 3s like walnuts. You can do that.
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