Sky high triglycerides

[Neerav1234]

Hi guys my triglycerides levels are sky high and even blood sugar is elevated liver enzymes are normal stopped alcohol for a month after ultra sound revealed coarse liver any ideas if liver dysfunction causes high triglycerides and blood sugar under lot of tension

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Thank you for your post. As this is not a medical forum you may wish to contact the British Liver Trust helpline either by email: [e-mail] or by telephone: [phone].

Please do continue to use this forum to share your experiences and seek support from members where there is a huge amount of experience and knowledge around living with liver disease.

Very best wishes.

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To lower triglycerides cut back on your carb intake & eat more protein & vegetables. Whenever I've done a keto diet eating very low carb my triglycerides have dropped to an amazingly low 0.5 mmol/L. This effect happened each time I went on a keto diet to lose some weight. As soon as I resumed eating carbs my triglyceride level more than doubled but was still well within the normal range. I ate mainly lean meat & vegetables & no carbs when this effect happened.

People with liver disease are encouraged to eat frequent small meals but they still need to be careful with what they eat & how much like anyone else. An example would be eating beans rather than a sugar laden snack that spikes blood sugar levels. Most days I eat a can of a '4 bean mix' I buy at the supermarket & I find it very filling & it satiates well. My neighbour recently attempted to give me chocolate Easter eggs & a packet of what appeared to be sugar laden pastry as a gift & I told him to keep his gift because it wasn't real food & I wouldn't eat it.

A keto diet isn't sustainable long term & people with liver disease need carbs to maintain glycogen levels in the liver for a ready supply of energy. A diet like the one in the link below would probably achieve the same effect as a keto diet in lowering triglycerides but in a completely different way through eating starchy carbs with a low to moderate calorie density & glycaemic index. You could add a little lean meat to it & it would still be healthy in my opinion.

drmcdougall.com/health/educ...

[patrick00032001]

How high are your triglycerides?

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

811 15 days back now 1230

[patrick00032001]

Mine were 1,330 at one time, now 261

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

How did you get them down did you take medication I have been prescribed statins

[patrick00032001]

Apple Cider vinegar dropped mine real quick! What’s your HDL Cholesterol?

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

HDL is 31 and ldl is 121

[patrick00032001]

My HDL is 26 and LDL 87, but I’m a smoker too!! I drink 2 tablespoons of ACV with 8oz of cold water daily to lower my triglycerides and flush out my liver

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

So am I ! Guess that’s why I am in such bad shape

[patrick00032001]

Doesn’t sound like you have cirrhosis, just a plugged up fatty liver, usually the first stages of liver disease is high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol, often times you’ll see an elevated GGT as well, abstain from alcohol and go to a plant based diet, the liver can heal in 6 weeks if you do the right things

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

Thnx a ton planning to do that but I have elevated blood sugar also

[patrick00032001 in reply to Neerav1234]

Elevated sugar is par for the course, your liver isn’t sensitive to insulin right now, it’s fatty, if you can get the fat out of your liver, insulin resistance should reverse itself, hence, the high triglycerides, it all goes hand in hand

[Neerav1234 in reply to patrick00032001]

Got it thnx a ton buddy your reply was very informative