Triglycerides

[Berkoff]

Had blood test cholestral 2.1 Triglycerides 1.9 ..is the latter too high ?

[sandybrown]

Are you on medication to lower cholesterol?

[Berkoff in reply to sandybrown]

Yes astrostatin ....doc recently reduced by half because some calf pain

[sandybrown in reply to Berkoff]

Medication has lowered your total cholesterol to 2.1, human body needs cholesterol for it to function. Please consult your doctor to adjust your medicine dosage so that the cholesterol can come up to a good level.

[Markl60]

The best predictor amongst a standard lab test is Trig' to HDL ratio also Total Cholesterol to HDL ratio is useful so you need to specify all your numbers for a reasonable opinion to be put forward

[Red18 in reply to Markl60]

Hi Mark160. My blood ratio is 1:9 is this number good?

[ashleyout]

I reduced my triglycerides from 350 to 95 mg/dl (lab reference is below 150 mg/dl) simply by exercising and reducing alcohol. I was on atorvastatin for a while but had to come off due to leg and foot cramp. I now take fenofibrate which my doctor told me targets triglycerides as opposed to cholesterol. The pills gave me about a 10% reduction but my lifestyle changes did the rest. All I needed was half an hour a day on a treadmill, not running but walking at speeds between 5 and 8 km/h. Hope this helps.

[Berkoff in reply to ashleyout]

Thanks

[Adaboo]

I got all my numbers down including triglycerides by eating lowish cab. Under 100 grams a day. Can’t do keto as it’s too low for me. I’ve just cut bread, pasta, rice and potatoes, still eat lots of healthy veg. My numbers became optimal after 3 months 👍🏻

[sos007 Ambassador]

If you want to have optimal cardiovascular health, you should target a triglyceride value below 1.1 mmol/l.

Source:

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Personally, I maintain my triglycerides below 0.60 mmol/l.

My last reading was 0.43 mmol/l.

The lower, the better.