Cholesterol results

[Michael8466]

My doctor told me he wants me to become a vegetarian for 2-3 months because of my results. Last week he said not to eat red meat anymore and now it's all meat. I asked him about niacin and he said not to take it. He put me on Lovastain and a blood pressure medication last week. My blood pressure came down from last week. It's now down to normal level. Any suggestions on how to bring my triglycerides down and my hdl up? Thaks
TC- 173
HDL- 34
Triglycerides- 571

[chj]

To get your tryglicerides down, cut out all refined carbohydrates and sugars. Animal fat is not as bad for you as we all have been made to believe and it actually increases your HDL.

[annmg]

Originally Posted by Michael8466

My doctor told me he wants me to become a vegetarian for 2-3 months because of my results. Last week he said not to eat red meat anymore and now it's all meat. I asked him about niacin and he said not to take it. He put me on Lovastain and a blood pressure medication last week. My blood pressure came down from last week. It's now down to normal level. Any suggestions on how to bring my triglycerides down and my hdl up? Thaks
TC- 173
HDL- 34
Triglycerides- 571

My HDL was 39 and my TRI's were 174 back in November. I've been advised on this board to eat avacodo's and use olive oil (extra virgin), and more exercise to raise my HDL, My Tri's are high I believe, because I was on a low fat diet, and ate more pasta. I don't do any baked goods at all. So watch your carbohydrates, that should help. A glass of red wine will also help your HDL. I get re-tested in March so I will see then if what I'm doing now did help.

[namelessme]

Why did your doctor recommend a statin over niacin, if I might ask? With a low HDL and high triglycerides, it appears as if niacin would help you.

Besides doing what the others suggest here, your doctor probably should have recommended fish oil too. It can possibly lower triglycerides by 30-50%.

[SuperLil]

Originally Posted by chj

To get your tryglicerides down, cut out all refined carbohydrates and sugars. Animal fat is not as bad for you as we all have been made to believe and it actually increases your HDL.

And unfortunately, increases LDL.