My triglycerides are 308.

My dr. wrote a prescription for Tricor (which I began taking 10 days) ago, and I like the way it's helped me reduce my carb cravings. However, I've reached a point where I do not like chicken and fish and I WILL NOT eat pork. (chops or roast anyway.)

I've never been a vegetarian, but if all meat was taken away tomorrow, I'd do just fine. I occasionally like hamburgers, bacon, and sub sandwiches. That's it. (Not very good diet for high triglycerides though.)

That said, how does one follow a low-carb diet? (which my Dr. also prescribed, all of this came in the mail with lab results.)

I've read the South Beach Diet, and it seems like the way to go. Could I substitute beans and peas in place of the chicken and beef? Just chicken, fish or beef touching my mouth sometimes causes me to gag. (Probably would be more tolerable if it was KFC or McD's. LOL!)

Thanks!

If one has an aversion to chicken, fish, pork and beef one really cannot do a low carb diet.

If conceivable with a super-human effort it would probably involve LOTS of cheese and eggs....neither a particularly good way to deal with blood lipid issues. Substituting beans and peas for meat and fish will give you the protein you need but legumes are also a high carb food.

The flip side of a low carb diet is a high fat one (you can't have one without the other...as the song goes!)...again, not a good idea with cholesterol issues.

Maybe the TRICOR will give you the triglyceride response you need...give it a month.

My triglycerides are 308.

My dr. wrote a prescription for Tricor (which I began taking 10 days) ago, and I like the way it's helped me reduce my carb cravings. However, I've reached a point where I do not like chicken and fish and I WILL NOT eat pork. (chops or roast anyway.)

I've never been a vegetarian, but if all meat was taken away tomorrow, I'd do just fine. I occasionally like hamburgers, bacon, and sub sandwiches. That's it. (Not very good diet for high triglycerides though.)

That said, how does one follow a low-carb diet? (which my Dr. also prescribed, all of this came in the mail with lab results.)

I've read the South Beach Diet, and it seems like the way to go. Could I substitute beans and peas in place of the chicken and beef? Just chicken, fish or beef touching my mouth sometimes causes me to gag. (Probably would be more tolerable if it was KFC or McD's. LOL!)

Thanks!


Honestly you best bet is to do the vegetarian thing. I am an "almost vegetarian" I only eat about 3-5 oz of white meat lean or fish a day. I think you can lower your Trigs on alot of veggies, fruit, and whole grains..Lisa

Honestly you best bet is to do the vegetarian thing. I am an "almost vegetarian" I only eat about 3-5 oz of white meat lean or fish a day. I think you can lower your Trigs on alot of veggies, fruit, and whole grains..Lisa

Also think it best to look up the foods on a glycemic site too, as alot of foods can be high on that scale. They always tell ya to eat plenty of fruits and veggies, but usually forget to tell ya to go low glycemic. I was surfing around one day and found a good site and was very surprised at how high some of the stuff is on the glycemic index. I sent it to my daughter, as she is getting to be borderline diabetic, and she was also surprised at how high some foods are. Good thing we do our homework, as we sure don't get too much info. from some of these drs.

Good luck folks,seems we all need it....... :wave:

My triglycerides are 308. Lets back up a bit. Did you fast for 10-12 hours before that blood test? What did you eat the last day before your blood test? Many high carb foods, by chance? Have you had high triglycerides in previous blood tests, also, or was this a one-time thing? It could be that your starting point is not nearly as bad as you think.

Looking back over my records from the past twenty-some years, I see my trigs were 111 and 214 just a couple of years apart. And both of those were fasting blood tests before I was on any medications or supplements that would likely have influenced results. The only real difference in one being almost double the other would have been what I ate, likely the previous few days, and especially that last dinner the evening before the test. Your results could have been similarly influenced.

I'm a near-vegetarian myself, eating an average of only about one to two ounces of meat or fish daily. My trigs last time (in July) were 124. My previous three tests showed trigs of 83, 87, and 68. I was eating a little more meat then, perhaps an average of two to four ounces a day. But I eat primarily the lower glycemic index carbs and do include a fair amount of non-fat dairy in my diet, as well as about one egg a day. And what little meat I eat is almost always skinless chicken or turkey (usually in a casserole, on a salad, or in soup) or canned tuna. I've been on niacin during the period all of the tests mentioned in this paragraph were taken, which would have lowered my trigs somewhat. But it certainly leads me to believe that with the Tricor, you should be able to eat a near-vegetarian diet and still get your trigs down adequately if you choose your carbs wisely.

My triglycerides dropped from 350 to 97 when I went on the glycemic index .
Rick