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Suggest Treatment To Reduce Triglyceride Levels
I did a lipid profile test couple of days back. The reading is as given below:
LDL - 99
HDL - 36
Triglycerides - 247
I train 4 days a week.. Approx 1 hr for 3 days and 2 hrs on Sundays (essentially running). Is there anything that I need to do inparticular to reduce my triglycerides. I dont smoke and dont drink more than once a month. My weight is 71 kgs and height 175cms.
LDL - 99
HDL - 36
Triglycerides - 247
I train 4 days a week.. Approx 1 hr for 3 days and 2 hrs on Sundays (essentially running). Is there anything that I need to do inparticular to reduce my triglycerides. I dont smoke and dont drink more than once a month. My weight is 71 kgs and height 175cms.
Mon, 31 Aug 2015
Greetings. Thank you for your query and welcome to HCM. I understand your concern.
Often, triglycerides are a component that can give false-positive results. While cholesterol and its fractions produce more constant levels, triglycerides tend to reflect the food eaten in the meal consumed previously from the blood test. It is generally plausible that triglycerides should be measured 16 hours away from the last meal, and, ideally, 24 hours. However, even if these figures are real and measured as it should be done, they are not dramatic levels. I can see you are physically active and you do not drink alcohol. There's that. Also, I would recommend you to add more green or dark green leafy vegetables and fruit up to 300 grams a day, and remove fast food an pizza from your diet. Have your cooked food sliced to small parts and chew it appropriately. Three months after you have added these changes to your diet and lifestyle, triglycerides should be measured again. If still higher than 200 mg/dL, then we can think of adding a drug from the fibrates drug family, to lower these levels.
I hope I was of help. Take care.
Regards,
Dr. Meriton
Often, triglycerides are a component that can give false-positive results. While cholesterol and its fractions produce more constant levels, triglycerides tend to reflect the food eaten in the meal consumed previously from the blood test. It is generally plausible that triglycerides should be measured 16 hours away from the last meal, and, ideally, 24 hours. However, even if these figures are real and measured as it should be done, they are not dramatic levels. I can see you are physically active and you do not drink alcohol. There's that. Also, I would recommend you to add more green or dark green leafy vegetables and fruit up to 300 grams a day, and remove fast food an pizza from your diet. Have your cooked food sliced to small parts and chew it appropriately. Three months after you have added these changes to your diet and lifestyle, triglycerides should be measured again. If still higher than 200 mg/dL, then we can think of adding a drug from the fibrates drug family, to lower these levels.
I hope I was of help. Take care.
Regards,
Dr. Meriton
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