Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I brought mine down by adding 2 tablespoons of ground flax seed every day to something i would eat. Brought it down from over 200 to 138. My dr. was very happy. So my question is what gets the triglycerides down? . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 On Tuesday 08 August 2006 2:55 pm, bfsmo wrote: > Hi all, > > My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol check > after bypass X5 in May. > > > HDL 35 > LDL 67 > Tryg. 320!!!!! > > > He is taking 20 MG zocor a day and they added Tricor to that. > He never had high cholesterol before surgery or took medicine. > > So my question is what gets the triglycerides down? What is he eating > that's messing him up now. We have cut out breads, sugars, etc. What > helps HDL? > Just looking for advice. > > From what I'm reading exercise helps raise HDL and triglycerides are not > because of too much fat in your food but too much sugar. LDL is too much > fat. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Just trying to sort this out so I'll > know what to " do with him " !! > > Thanks to all > Taking fish oil would be strong choice for me. White flour, potatos, any kind of processed foor like pasteries/crackers/bread/pasta/etc., will raise trigs. LDL is not raised by too much fat. Good fats like saturated fats (coconut, meat, etc) raise HDL which is more improtant than LDL. Monosaturated fats like olive oil are real good. Most polysaturated fats are problems like corn oil. Trans-fats (hydrogenated fats) cause between 30,000 and 100,000 deaths a year in the USA. I my opinion, your total cholesterol looks like it might be around 120 which is way too low. -- Steve - dudescholar2@... " Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. " --Cecil Beaton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Steve, I think the total cholesterol number calculates to 166 Wouldn't it be 35 + 67 + 20% 0f 320 = 166 ? , , , *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *|"To sin by silence, when they should protest, makes cowards of men." -- Abe Lincoln Please visit my website at http://www.outdoorliaisons.com TNT-Newburgh/ A-Case "Work smarter not harder" Re: Triglycerides On Tuesday 08 August 2006 2:55 pm, bfsmo wrote:> Hi all,>> My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol check> after bypass X5 in May.>>> HDL 35> LDL 67> Tryg. 320!!!!!>>> He is taking 20 MG zocor a day and they added Tricor to that.> He never had high cholesterol before surgery or took medicine.>> So my question is what gets the triglycerides down? What is he eating> that's messing him up now. We have cut out breads, sugars, etc. What> helps HDL?> Just looking for advice.>> From what I'm reading exercise helps raise HDL and triglycerides are not> because of too much fat in your food but too much sugar. LDL is too much> fat. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Just trying to sort this out so I'll> know what to "do with him"!!>> Thanks to all> Taking fish oil would be strong choice for me. White flour, potatos, any kind of processed foor like pasteries/crackers/bread/pasta/etc., will raise trigs.LDL is not raised by too much fat. Good fats like saturated fats (coconut, meat, etc) raise HDL which is more improtant than LDL. Monosaturated fats like olive oil are real good. Most polysaturated fats are problems like corn oil. Trans-fats (hydrogenated fats) cause between 30,000 and 100,000 deaths a year in the USA.I my opinion, your total cholesterol looks like it might be around 120 which is way too low.-- Steve - dudescholar2basicmail (DOT) net"Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary."--Cecil Beaton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I was just adding 35 + 67 and adding a fudge factor for VLDL, IDL, partials, etc. If that's the estimation formula, and I've never looked into it, you're correct. The way things work out, when I get a VAP test the same blood draw gives me a traditional cholesterol test as well where the VAP is measured and the second has estimations. It's interesting to see the differences between the two. On Tuesday 08 August 2006 10:27 pm, Carbone Jr. wrote: > Steve, > I think the total cholesterol number calculates to 166 > Wouldn't it be 35 + 67 + 20% 0f 320 = 166 ? > , , , > > *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| *| > " To sin by silence, when they should protest, > makes cowards of men. " -- Abe Lincoln > > Please visit my website at > http://www.outdoorliaisons.com > > TNT-Newburgh/ > > A-Case > > " Work smarter not harder " > Re: Triglycerides > > On Tuesday 08 August 2006 2:55 pm, bfsmo wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol > > check after bypass X5 in May. > > > > > > HDL 35 > > LDL 67 > > Tryg. 320!!!!! > > > > > > He is taking 20 MG zocor a day and they added Tricor to that. > > He never had high cholesterol before surgery or took medicine. > > > > So my question is what gets the triglycerides down? What is he eating > > that's messing him up now. We have cut out breads, sugars, etc. What > > helps HDL? > > Just looking for advice. > > > > From what I'm reading exercise helps raise HDL and triglycerides are > > not because of too much fat in your food but too much sugar. LDL is too > > much fat. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Just trying to sort this out > > so I'll know what to " do with him " !! > > > > Thanks to all > > > > Taking fish oil would be strong choice for me. White flour, potatos, any > kind of processed foor like pasteries/crackers/bread/pasta/etc., will raise > trigs. > > LDL is not raised by too much fat. Good fats like saturated fats > (coconut, meat, etc) raise HDL which is more improtant than LDL. > Monosaturated fats like olive oil are real good. Most polysaturated fats > are problems like corn oil. Trans-fats (hydrogenated fats) cause between > 30,000 and 100,000 deaths a year in the USA. > > I my opinion, your total cholesterol looks like it might be around 120 > which is way too low. > > -- > > Steve - dudescholar2@... > > " Be daring, be different, be impractical; be anything that will assert > integrity of purpose and imaginative vision against the play-it-safers, > the creatures of the commonplace, the slaves of the ordinary. " > --Cecil Beaton -- Steve - dudescholar2@... " Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions. " --Oliver Wendell Holmes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 wrote: My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol check after bypass X5 in May. HDL 35, LDL 67, Trig's 320 Hi , As others have mentioned, the " white foods " are the primary source of high triglycerides: * Sugar (biggest offender), rice, potato, flour, bread. Pasta is the least likely to cause elevated triglycerides. Cinnamon (C. cassia - spice isle variety) helps to control both triglycerides and blood sugar levels. Available in 500 mg capsules (Walmart, etc) - take one or two daily in addition to avoiding the white foods. If you can't find the capsules, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon daily added to food or beverage. Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Fran...thanks for mentioning cinnamon... I take 2 to 3 capsules a day. I also take fish oil along with CoQ10, policosanol, Cayenne capsules, gingko biloba, serrapeptase, folic acid and other ingredients into my daily healthy heart mix. One of these days I will go and have my blood drawn for a cholesterol test. The last time I had blood drawn was for a VAP test but I had just eaten a cinnamon roll about 45 minutes before the blood was drawn and the nurse insisted that I did not need to fast before the test. The results from the test showed that I was borderline. I only wonder what it would have shown if I had fasted. Ed > My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol > check after bypass X5 in May. HDL 35, LDL 67, Trig's 320 > > Hi , > > As others have mentioned, the " white foods " are the primary > source of high triglycerides: > * Sugar (biggest offender), rice, potato, flour, bread. > Pasta is the least likely to cause elevated triglycerides. > > Cinnamon (C. cassia - spice isle variety) helps to control both > triglycerides and blood sugar levels. Available in 500 mg capsules > (Walmart, etc) - take one or two daily in addition to avoiding the > white foods. If you can't find the capsules, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon > daily added to food or beverage. > > Fran > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 If you are a member of the Life Extension Foundation, you can order a CBC/CMP+Cholesterol for $35. Once a year, they have an annual sale on blood work. That ended in June I think and I bought several of these tests for $28. The blood work orders are good for 6 months. If you don't have insurance and IF a doctor orders just the cholesterol test, that can set you back $110 from the same labs for the same work; add the CBC/CMP and you are looking north of $200. Hence, I order all of my own blood work. The CBC/CMP includes liver tests that are important when manipulating your cholesterol with statins, niacin, etc. -- Steve - dudescholar2@... " The brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. " -- F. Kettering On Wednesday 09 August 2006 10:11 am, Ed & Dawn Gundy wrote: > Fran...thanks for mentioning cinnamon... I take 2 to 3 capsules > a day. > > I also take fish oil along with CoQ10, policosanol, Cayenne capsules, > gingko biloba, serrapeptase, folic acid and other ingredients into my > daily healthy heart mix. > > One of these days I will go and have my blood drawn for a cholesterol > test. The last time I had blood drawn was for a VAP test but I had > just eaten a cinnamon roll about 45 minutes before the blood was drawn > and the nurse insisted that I did not need to fast before the test. > > The results from the test showed that I was borderline. I only wonder > what it would have shown if I had fasted. > > Ed > > > > > My husband just got his rest results back from his first cholesterol > > check after bypass X5 in May. HDL 35, LDL 67, Trig's 320 > > > > Hi , > > > > As others have mentioned, the " white foods " are the primary > > source of high triglycerides: > > * Sugar (biggest offender), rice, potato, flour, bread. > > Pasta is the least likely to cause elevated triglycerides. > > > > Cinnamon (C. cassia - spice isle variety) helps to control both > > triglycerides and blood sugar levels. Available in 500 mg capsules > > (Walmart, etc) - take one or two daily in addition to avoiding the > > white foods. If you can't find the capsules, 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon > > daily added to food or beverage. > > > > Fran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2009 Report Share Posted May 8, 2009 Mine have gone up.. So has my total cholesterol which went up from 218 to 247..and I have been taking coconut oil since October 2007. I recently gave my cat some coconut oil..Just last week I took him to the vet. He had a blood test there. The vet said his cholesterol was high, but not very...and that it was the only change he had since 2003...She also said dont worry about it.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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