607 Triglycerides!

[Michael8466]

Thanks for the replies, I have asked my doctor about Niacin and he said not to take it. This was when he had me on Lovastatin. Lovastatin almost doubled my liver numbers so he took me off. He said he was going to put me on something after a month. As for starches, I was raised on rice, potatoes, and eggs, and after 40 years it's kinda hard to just change your lifestyle. I have found other foods to substitute which I can live with for now. I do get the urges though to just to make a steak with rice and a potato. As I said before my dr. has me being a vegetarian for 2-3 months and I'm on day 44 and I'm getting use to it. I don't feel any better if that's what he's hoping. Thanks again

[Rick49]

...The glycemic index is a rating system on how fast carbs are digested. There are varieies of rice that are ok. It seems like "converted"rice is better tan other types. Balsamic? is that a type of rice? i think it's better also than other varieties.
...I love potatoes also, but I just don't have them everyday anymore. There's also ways of cooking potatoes that lowers their glycemic index.
...I don't think eggs have that big an impact on Triglycerides like carbs do. But I might be mistaken.
Rick

[Mark1e]

Originally Posted by Michael8466

.... my dr. has me being a vegetarian for 2-3 months and I'm on day 44 and I'm getting use to it. I don't feel any better if that's what he's hoping. Thanks again

Your triglycerides are probably high because of the vegetarian diet. Such a diet relies primarily on carbohydrate for calories. And, as we all know, excess carbohydrate gets converted into triglycerides. The healthiest diet, IMHO, is one that relies primarily on fat for calories. It brings triglycerides down and pushes HDL up. But unsaturated vegetable oils should be avoided, especially if they have been used for cooking.

[Michael8466]

Hey Mark1e, I don't know if you saw my numbers. I've decided I'm only going to do the vegetarian thing till the end of the month. I've learned that I need to slow down on my meat intake. I was eating way to much steak. I now crave better things like fish and avocado. The chicken I ate was either boiled or breasts I made with rice and vegetables. It's been an interesting month and a half so far.

Here's last months numbers:
TC-173
HDL-34
Tri-571
Glucose is 91 Reference 65-99

Here's new numbers:
TC-142
HDL-35
Tri-607
Glucose is 98 Reference 65-99

I think this is the liver part of the test, I don't understand it though. My doctor didn't have time to explain.

Last Month
ALT (SGPT) 38 Reference 9-60

New Numbers
ALT (SGPT) 65 Reference 9-60

My doctor took me off the Lovastatin because of the liver numbers. I'll be seeing him in 3 weeks to try something else.