Is there a diet plan for battling high triglycerides?

Question

HDL & LDL are fine

Answer 1

Alot of bran, a whole lot of bran.

Answer 2

Yes, specifically cutting out all sugar and exercising.

If your diet is sufficient in its nutrients and, more importantly in this regard, in its energy level, taking in any more sugar will cause your liver to make trigycerides.

Don't start on a low-carb diet, however because of this. A few years ago, in a head-to-head comparison of four major diet plans (South Beach, Zone, Atkins, and Ornish), the Ornish diet was found to have the best effect on long-tern levels of cholesterol fractions and triglycerides. While the Ornish diet raised triglyceride levels at first, by three months into the comparison triglyceride levels had matched Atkins, and by six months later it had the lowest triglyceride levels of all the diets, 25% lower than all the others.

So if you want to lower your triglycerides, follow the Ornish diet and get exercise.

It works for me--I decided to give it a try, and it certainly does as advertised. My triglycerides are now 60, where our present knowledge wants them below 150.

It will take exercise to get them this low, but it's worth it. Aerobic exercise will be necessary--brisk walking or jogging for 30-45 minutes a day (and they don't all have to be expended at the same time, it seems)--but it'll work.

Good luck.

Answer 3

This is not the cure all but a really good Fish Oil from the store is highly recommender. In fact my doctor's office sells a brand of Fish Oil that they feel is best for battling triglycerides and cholesterol, unfortunetly I don't know if it's available at stores (I was told it's not) so you might call your doctor and find out what they suggest.

Answer 4

It really isn't a diet, it is cutting out foods with high triglycerides.

Cut out all pork. Sausage, bacon, Ham, pork roast and any thing else that is a pork product.
You can eat the Turkey copy cat products.

You MUST learn to read labels. Plenty of FRESH veggies and fruits, not canned. Avoid sugars and starches, they make more sugars in your system and become tryclycerides.

Go light on beef, you can eat lean beef. Fried fast foods are BAD. Most of them are made with the transfats. Unless you live in New York.

If I am correct the transfats start out liquid and not so dangerous. But they go through a process that allows them to solidify. Which allows them to clog our "drains", no really the veins. As when you hear someone has 70 % clogging of the veins to their heart.

We have a rule in our house since my husband was diagnosed with diabetes and his triglycerides were 500 to 600 (his sales reps. brought him M&M's because they knew he loved them.)

We NEVER eat at ANY place that is ALL YOU CAN EAT. They are dangerous, even if we do have will power.

We split most all meals when we go out. It helps with cost and calories.

We eat almost no pork at all. I never buy it for at home. If we go out for breakfast we have it as a treat.

We probably to to a fast food place of any kind, once or twice a year. Usually its in the summer for a Frosty or an Ice Cream from McDonalds (and they aren't made with real cream.)

The rule to remember is that Animal contain high triglycerides. Fatty meats, Cream, butter, real ice cream.

We use Olivio margarine. (made with olive oil) It has great flavor.

We only use fat free milk and have for 30 years. Once you get used to cutting out the thickness of regular milk you won't like it.

I cook with olive oil or canola.

I will add this one more thing. My guy cut his 3 month sugar levels (the test is from 1 to 10) his had been at 10 and in 6 weeks of doing the above his sugars dropped to 7 and the sugar plummetted.

I have rambled on enough. But this will give you a start. Good Luck.

Answer 5

5.5 is only marginally higher than the 5.0 that's often quoted as the ideal maximum. I'm not medically qualified but I wouldn't think you have much to worry about. Doc may put you on a "Statin" to lower it but there is talk about simply being able to buy them over the counter at your local chemist.