Mine were 147. Yayayayaya!
2006-12-20 15:38:53 · 6 answers · asked by HandsOnGirl 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I guess under 190 is normal. My god, don't tell me you're normal! I won't believe it!
Sadly, my friend Jill has PCOS, a metabolic disorder...anyway, it really sucks because her triglycerides were over 1200. She's been taking medication, alas, nothing is touching it. I'm worried about her, I'm going to look some things up...I'm thinking more fish oil. (ever heard of THAT?)
2006-12-20 17:56:16 · answer #1 · answered by DanaZ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a guy who has a Ph.D. in food science and he told me that most of the research about cholesterol and alike was funded by the soya industry and this give us margarine with trans fat not better than butter. So do not go crazy with your triglycerides. Science has not more virtue than other human achievements. There is a kind of corruption in science too. If a scientist is funded by the soya industry he has interest to keep his job and finding that cholesterol and triglycerides are bad. Just don't believe anything that have a «scientific stamp» on it. Try to acquire knowledge to judge by yourself.
2006-12-20 23:59:17 · answer #2 · answered by Joseph Binette 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What are triglycerides?
Triglycerides are the chemical form in which most fat exists in food as well as in the body. They're also present in blood plasma and, in association with cholesterol, form the plasma lipids.
Triglycerides in plasma are derived from fats eaten in foods or made in the body from other energy sources like carbohydrates. Calories ingested in a meal and not used immediately by tissues are converted to triglycerides and transported to fat cells to be stored. Hormones regulate the release of triglycerides from fat tissue so they meet the body's needs for energy between meals.
How is an excess of triglycerides harmful?
Excess triglycerides in plasma is called hypertriglyceridemia. It's linked to the occurrence of coronary artery disease in some people. Elevated triglycerides may be a consequence of other disease, such as untreated diabetes mellitus. Like cholesterol, increases in triglyceride levels can be detected by plasma measurements. These measurements should be made after an overnight food and alcohol fast.
The National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for triglycerides are:
Normal Less than 150 mg/dL
Borderline-high 150 to 199 mg/dL
High 200 to 499 mg/dL
Very high 500 mg/dL or higher
These are based on fasting plasma triglyceride levels.
So kudos to you. You lessen your risks for a heart attack or coronary artery disease or CAD.
Mine is low too,ditto with my bad cholesterol.
2006-12-20 23:50:50 · answer #3 · answered by rosieC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congrats! I'm very bad. I dropped mine over a hundred points and got the State Farm preferred rates and then went to the moon again. Mmm pizza is good.
2006-12-20 23:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by Mere Exposure 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine are 316 not good. You win.
But my cholesterol values are finally ok.
2006-12-20 23:48:48 · answer #5 · answered by Kdude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I could teach you, but I'd have to charge. nana nanana. nanananana.
2006-12-21 05:06:00 · answer #6 · answered by sincere12_26 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋