How can I lower my triglyceride?  What foods should I consumer to lower it?
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Lean protein (skinless poultry and fish), plus healthy fats and salad, fruit and vegetables are heart-healthy. Avoiding simple sugars, white flour, juices and alcohol helps lower triglycerides. Adding aerobic exercise daily helps lower cholesterol and keeps your weight down
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My boyfriend had high cholesterol and I got his bad cholesterol down and his good cholesterol up.\n\nIt's not just what you eat but also what you don't eat.\n\nThere is no 'one' food that will lower it, you have to maintain a healthy and varied diet along with regular exercise. It is a slow process.\n\nMake sure you eat steamed fish and spinach.\n\nDo running, martial arts, aerobics, etc at least once a week to start with, building up to twice and then three times a week.\n\nDrink plenty of water. Pomegranate juice is VERY good in reducing cholesterol.\n\nGood Luck
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Here are some sites with some examples of menus and other dietary info when trying to lower cholesterol.  There are also a lot of helpful books out there, and you can also see if your doctor can recommend a dietician who can make up some menus for you.\nhttp://www.gicare.com/pated/edtot24.htm\nhttp://www.loweringcholesterol.net/show/low-cholesterol-diet
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Yes, exercise, eating more fruits and vegetables and stay away from fried foods.\nAlso don't eat butter or use a salad dressing that contains fat.\nREAD ALL LABELS at the grocery store before you make a purchase.  Staying healthy starts at the store....have a peek at the fat grams on some of the items for sale - it will astonish you.
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High fiber foods. Fiber helps pull cholesterol out of the body. Oatmeal is an excellent breakfast food.\nEat more fruits/veggies, & cut back on your meat consumption, especially red meat.\nDrink more water, & less pop & juice.\nIncrease your whole grain consumption while decreasing refined, white flour products such as white breads & confections & pastries.\nYou would do well to add two supplements to your diet.\nSpirulina is an excellent addition, and so is chromium picolinate. You can find both of these at your local health food store.\nGood luck.
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1. Diet – Do not consume fatty products (such as ice cream, fatty sweets, fast food pizza) There was a report recently that French fries are very bad for your body as they contain large amounts of saturated fats. If you think you are craving to eat something sweet, eat fruits. Also eat a lot of vegetables. If you need to eat meat, eat fish (not chicken, crab). Fish has oils (HDL) which lower blood cholesterol levels and therefore is good for you. Cook food in canola or olive oil. As these are polyunsaturated oils, they help lower cholesterol levels. Consult a dietician for an individualized diet advice.\n2. Exercise – Exercise regularly. Join a weight reduction programme at a hospital also and very religiously attend it. Furthermore, reducing abdominal fat significantly lowers your risk of disease in the future (so do 50 proper sit-ups everyday).\n3. Medicine -The lipid (fat) lowering drugs if prescribed need to be taken apropriately. If you have forgotten what the dose was, consult a doctor and have a cholesterol check periodically. These lipid (fat) lowering drugs are only known to work with dietary changes. They are very effective and are known to reduce mortality by 30-40%, and therefore it is very worth while taking them properly.\n4. The website of British heart foundation may give more valuable tips. http://www.heartstats.org/homepage.asp copy\n5. Have regular health check ups, depending on what your doctor says. Prevention is always better than a cure.
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triglycerides levels can rise due to a number of things including a high sugar and/or fat intake. so if you reduce your simple sugar intake, this may help to lower your triglycerides.
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Cut out animal fat and sugar and salt.\nRead the labels on any factory produced food\nBe aware that sugar comes in many different disguises, these words usually end in ose, but corn syrup is the worst.\nHydrogenated vegetable oil is especially dangerous, this is used by a lot of cooked food outlets.\nDo not eat in fast food restaurants.\nHave three proper meals a day and NOTHING ELSE.\nDrink plenty of water instead of fizzy drinks or "sports" drinks.\nTake more exercise.
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You could diet. Watch what you eat. Eat healthier foods and not the fatty foods with a lot of oil in it.\nFor more tips on dieting go to http://www.coolnurse.com/dieting.htm
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Triglycerides are a type of fat found in your blood. They are a major source of energy and the most common type of fat in your body.\n\nAny extra calories are turned into triglycerides and stored in fat cells to be used later. The excess calories are stored as fat regardless of what kind of food you eat—fat, carbohydrate, or protein. If you regularly eat more calories than you burn, you may have high triglycerides.\n\nTriglycerides have th the risk of heart disease and stroke\n\nCardiovascular exercise and low-moderate carbohydrate diets containing essential fatty acid are recommended for reducing triglyceride levels
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Walking and taking an exercise regime is most important in lowering Cholestrol level. Anxiety/stress reduction is another aspect which should be looked to lower one's cholestrol level. The followings is recommendation on food items:\n\n\nCholesterol Lowering Foods \n \nCholesterol lowering foods - this may sound as an oxymoron! However, studies prove that some foods can assist in the reduction of cholesterol and could be incorporated into your new diet plan.\n\nCholesterol Lowering Margarine\n\nRecently, cholesterol lowering margarines have been introduced to the market. Benecol® is one of the products that has been confirmed to lower cholesterol on an average of 10% if used as recommended. In addition, this margarine does not affect your HDL, or "good" cholesterol. Other products include Take Control® margarine and salad dressings that are made from plant sterols, which are extracted from soybeans. These sterols trick your intestine into thinking they are cholesterol and when it tries to absorb them, it is not able to, therefore blocking cholesterol.\n\nSoy Protein\n\nCholesterol lowering quality of soy protein was evidenced when FDA approved (see FDA talk paper) the health claim for its effects on risk of heart disease. To achieve intended result, you have to consume at least four servings of 6.25 grams of soy protein totaling daily intake to 25 grams per day. Many food manufacturers have since introduced soy beverages and energy bars containing up to 10 to 20 grams of soy protein. People with high cholesterol - levels of 260-300, soy protein has shown to reduce cholesterol by 15-25%.\n\nNuts\n\nNuts such as almonds and walnuts that have high amount of monounsaturated or polyunsaturated, also help lowering cholesterol. Researchers at the Loma Linda University found that a diet containing pecans (click here for Abstract) not only lowered total and LDL--or "bad" cholesterol significantly but also helped to maintain desirable levels of HDL--or "good"--cholesterol. Another study conducted by the same University found that Mediterranean style diet that included walnuts (click here for Abstract) lowered cholesterol.\n\nOats and Barley\n\nIn lowering cholesterol, oats and barley have played a critical role. These foods have a soluble fiber known as Beta Glucan, which is the key, in how they lower the cholesterol. To gain the intended cholesterol lowering effect, you have to consume anywhere between two and four cups of dry oat or barley cereal each day.\n\nFruits and Vegetables\n\nFruits and vegetables such as apples, citrus fruit, berries, carrots, apricots, cabbage, sweet potatoes are high in soluble fiber and pectin both shown to be helpful in lowering cholesterol. At least five servings a day is recommended to benefit the full effect.\n\nFlaxseed\n\nFlaxseed provides alpha-linolenic acid a poly-unsaturated fat which has been shown to lower cholesterol while providing needed soluble fiber.\n\nOlive Oil\n\nOlive oil is one of the mono-saturated fats and studies have shown that it lowers blood cholesterol. Extra virgin olive oil is suggested to be better than other varieties.\n\nFish\n\nAccording to researchers, fish containing a omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids make the blood more slippery and less likely to clot in addition to lowering blood cholesterol.\n\nCautions:\n\nInstead of frying foods, bake, roast, or grill. Cut back on egg yolks and if you drink 2% milk change to 1% and if possible, skim milk.
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1)  Don't smoke or take tobacco products.  2)  Keep your blood pressure down to normal.  3)  If you are diabetic, control it extremely well.  A deficiency of chromium has been proven to cause some type II diabetes.  A supplement of 200 micrograms a day of chromium picolinate will remedy this.  4)  check your cholesterol, your good cholesterol (HDL) and the bad cholesterol (LDL).  You want to maximize the HDL and minimize the LDL.  Also, check the triglycerides, and minimize them.  If fat, you want to get the weight down and keep it down.  Regular exercise, even just walking a mile nonstop 3 times a week will help your cholesterol.  GET OFF ALL trans fats.  Trans fats are partially hydrogenated oils, contained in shortening, margarine, and many processed foods. Keep the total amount of fat in your diet fairly low.  Keep off all trans fats.  Next most important is to keep the saturated fats low.  Then the total fats low.  Don't eat junk food, which is food high in sugar, refined flour, and fat.  Eat lots of whole grain cereals and breads and pastas.  Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, and some lean meats and fish.  5) check your homocysteine level.  If high, take 2 mg of folic acid per day (3 of the big 800 microgram tablets).  6)  If you can't drink alcohol without drinking heavy, then abstain totally from alcohol.  Otherwise, take one or two glasses of dry red wine each evening.  7)  consider taking one adult aspirin per day to reduce blood clots, esp. if over 50 years old or strong family history.  8)  Get plenty of the essential (required in diet) omega 3 oil.  You can do this by eating 3 servings of cold water ocean fish per week, such as salmon, sardines, or white albacore tuna, etc.  or you can take 1-2 tablespoons of cold pressed flax seed oil daily, either added to cold cereal or salad or fruit or mixed into low fat cottage cheese (this is rec. by Dr. Johanna Budwig, the doc who has done extensive research on it.  the cottage cheese provides sulfur containing amino acids which complement the omega 3)  9)  Get plenty of all your vitamins and minerals.  If you eat well, this shouldn't be a problem.  It's hard to get too much vitamin C.  Dr. Linus Pauling, the Nobel winner, recommended 10-15 grams of vit C per day.  1 gm = 1000 mg.  Other important antioxidant vitamins are vit A and its precursor caratenoids, and vit E.  Coral calcium is a good natural source of calcium, as well as all the other minerals.  The bioflavenoids, such as those found in grape seed extract and in elderberry concentrate or wine seem to be important antioxidant vitamins.  10)  Don't get real stressed out!  The old expression about "something breaking your heart" has some truth in it.  11)  Keep your teeth and gums clean.  When you develop rotten teeth and gums, it may somehow spread inflammation to cholesterol placques.  We don't really know, but we do know that inflammation is part of the heart attack condition, of thrombosis of placques.  12) The monounsaturated oils, either olive oil, or canola oil, are considered to be your best oils for cooking, from an arterial standpoint.  I think real butter is better for you than margarine, since it doesn't have any trans fats, but go easy on it.
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When you eat, your body converts any food you don't need right away into triglycerides. Therefore, simply reducing the total amount of food you eat would reduce triglyceride levels. In addition to the amount of food, the kind of food matters, too. Avoid sugary foods, since they can raise triglycerides more than other healthy foods. Alcohol also has an even more potent ability to raise triglycerides, so avoid it. The same foods you would eat to be heart healthy (whole grains, low fat dairy, green vegetables) are the ones you would eat to reduce triglycerides. The Mayo Clinic has a wonderful article on this subject; please give it a click.  Good luck. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/triglycerides/CL00015
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Cholesterol is produced by your body and is also present in foods of animal origin. While we could not survive without cholesterol, levels that are too high may contribute to heart disease.\n \n \nSteps:\n1.  Keep a food diary. Write down what you eat every day for a week. This is an easy method of evaluating what types of foods you are eating and if they are high in fat and cholesterol.\n \n2.  Reduce your intake of foods high is saturated fat, which will raise your blood cholesterol higher than anything else you eat. Saturated fat is found primarily in foods from animals, such as fatty red meat, poultry skin, whole milk, butter and lard. Plant sources of saturated fat include coconut oil and palm oil.\n \n3.  Cut down on your overall intake of fat. That will reduce your saturated fat intake.\n \n4.  Set a goal of having fat make up 30 percent or less of the total day's calories. No more than 8-10 percent should be from saturated fat.\n \n5.  Replace saturated fat, such as butter and lard, with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats, such as olive oil and canola oil.\n \n6.  Choose foods that are naturally low in fat, such as fruits, vegetables and whole grains. They are also high in fiber, vitamins and minerals.\n \n7.  Reduce or eliminate your intake of fast foods. Many of them tend to be very high in fat, especially those that are fried and breaded.\n \n8.  Eat less dietary cholesterol. Only animal foods contain dietary cholesterol, so reduce or eliminate animal products. Avoid consuming more than 300mg of cholesterol per day.\n \n9.  Experiment with new ways of eating. Check out different ethnic cuisines, such as Thai and other Asian cuisines, in which the traditional diet is low in fat. Order pizza with low fat mozzarella, minus the pepperoni but topped with fresh veggies.\n \n10.  Buy a vegan/vegetarian cookbook and try having at least two or three meatless dinners a week.\n \n11.  Exercise. Find a sport you like, join a gym, do whatever it takes to get your body moving. Exercise can help lower your blood cholesterol; it can also help with weight loss and keep your heart healthy.
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Stay away from food high in saturated fats. Here is a healthy eating plan that you can follow: \n\nIf you want to do this it is for life so you need to totally change your way of eating and exercising. This is not a diet rather than a healthy eating plan for life. So no more talking diet cause it means time limit. \n\nHere are the golden rules: \nInitially cut down to 1200 calories. \nExercise 6 times per week for 1 hours a day. Do three weight sessions and three cardio sessions. \nDon't eat carbs after 4pm, never eat carbs within 2 hours of exercise or within 1 hour of exercise. \nDrink 3 litres of water per day. You can have a green tea at the end of the day. \nLimit your fruit in take to 2 pieces per day. \nNever eat dinner after 6pm.\nAdopt of low GI eating plan this is sustainable for life!\nMake low fat dairy choices \n\nFollow this menu plan as a suggestion: \nBreakfast 7am - 1 cup hot water w lemon\n20 minutes later have a bowel of oats w water (no honey) OR\nfruit salad w low GI soy yogurt\nSnack 10am - pear or apple (both low GI)\nLunch 12.30pm - muligrain sandwich w 50g tuna & salad (no butter)\nSnack 3pm - low GI yogurt OR skim berry smoothie (no honey or banana) plenty of ice, 1/2 cup skim milk & 1/4 cup yogurt\nDinner 5.30pm - 120g grilled lean meat/fish/prawns/tofu patties (not fried) w spinach salad & mixed vegies (no whites, carbs) OR 3 egg white/soy omlette with ham, cheese and tomato\nSnack - 1 scoop of low cal low fat ice cream (if hungry)\n\nExercise is must be intense. Refer to www.bodybuilding.com for your weights routine. You can do a circuit class but this counts as one weights session. Never do weights two consecutive days have a cardio day in between. \n\nCardio needs to include running, boxing and spin. If your classes are less than 1 hour top it up with cardio before and after classes. You get the most benefits from exercise when your body is totally fatigued and this is when you see changes. \n\nTo maintain you can increase calories to 1500 and reduce exercise sessions to 3-4 times per week. If weight creeps up again due to holiday period etc.. go back to 1200 cal and 6 sessions again. \n\nGood luck it worked for me it can work for anyone.
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The best I know tryglyceride is 3 molecules of LDL stick together. I read somewhere I cann't remember. LDL is what so falsely crowned to be bad cholestrol. But it is produced by own liver to carry out the repairing of weakened or "cracked" artery wall.... but when liver makes in excess then problems arise....\nMy personal experience, I have the level lowered by (i) regular jogging under mild sunlight, at least half an hour once, five times a week, at the pace that you cannot easily chat with the jogging-mate, if possible with deep breathing which will tripple the benefit.(ii) low sugar of all types (iii) lower intake of carbohydrates, cut rice or flour products and meat intake to half, and increase the intake of vege and fruit to stomach satisfaction.On top of all this I am on higher vitamins, minerals, & protein supplements. Vitamin c is very important to human body... body tolerable limit is you purge lightly, lower slightly that is your need. It varies from person to person. I suggest you try obtain the book- "Why animals Don't Get Heart Attacks... but People Do!" by Dr. Matthias Rath, M.D.\nIt is the best book that is ever read by me. It is near US$20.00. It is published by MR Publishing, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA. If you have problem obtaining it liais with me, may be I can help out.
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There are many things you can do for cholesterol.  first off you must know that cholesterol is made in the liver and is natural. But of course if you have too much, it can become a problem.  Appox. 95% of all ingested fats are triglycerides.  Even though our bodies needs cholesterol to make hormones and deal with stress and trauma, the wrong ratio of cholesterol types can pose a problem.  \nHDL, the supposed good cholestorol is actually the transporter(high-density lipoprotein) just as LDL(low density lipoprotein), bad cholesterol, is also a transporter.  LDL brings cholesterol and triglycerides from the liver and out to the body putting the circulatory system at risk.  HDL brings fat back to the liver to be processed and excreted or used.  If one has too much LDL over HDL, then it becomes a dangerous ratio for heart disease.  This is in part due to the Standard American Diet(SAD) that has too much saturated fats and not enough unsaturated fats.  And our brains and nerve system as well as our very cell membranes need EFA's, essential fatty acids, from good oils/fats. Therefore, diet is absolutely important.  But so is lifestyle and stress reduction.    \nOne thing you can do is increase your HDL, good cholesterol by including  UNsaturated fats( increase HDL) with Omegas(3/6/9) in your diet.   Esp. Omega-3 fatty acids.  They include avocado/safflower/coconut/fish/flaxseed  and especially most importantly olive oil.  Flax is  one of the best ways to get Omegas and has the highest concentrates of it.  Olive oil is best to use when cooking or with salads.  If you like the taste of flax oil, it's good in salads and over food.   Otherwise seeds ground or in meal is good in salads or porridge.  Cold water fish oil(omega 3/6/9) are good in capsules.  Fresh cold/deepwater fish is good to eat on occasion but one must watch out for the heavy metals in them so capsules are a good way to avoid that.  Make sure you get a brand  that says 'third party inspected' and molecularly distilled.  \nAs far as diet, remember, saturated fats( which increase LDL), animal fats, are literally saturated and do not move as much through your veins.  That is why they cause blockages to your heart/brain.  At room temperature they are solid.  Therefore in your body they can block up your veins if there is more of that than unsaturated, liquid.  You need a lot of unsaturated fats to keep things flowing as well as EFA's(essential fatty acids/Omegas) are good for your brain, mood, cellular and hormone support.  so try and keep your animal fats to a minimum and eat healthy versions:   pure butter, free-range, antibiotic/hormone FREE meats of any kind; free range eggs etc...and increase your vegetables like broccoli, kale and leafy greens, good nuts (look up which are higher in EFA's, ie. walnuts) and whole grains which are good for lowering cholesterol because they provide ruffage to help keep bowels flowing...which taxes the liver less and the liver needs all the help it can get...so if your digestion is good and smooth, then your liver is less stressed  and can perform better, thereby also helping with cholesterol. \nI could go on but check this out further if you need to.   \n\nhope that helps!!