“My doctor recommended adding coconut oil to my coffee in the morning. That helped to slightly raise my tris up to a more optimal level. They have me between 90-100 mg/dl as optimal.”
To each their own. I tend to follow doctors who QUESTION what they were told in medical school, rather than just repeating it to me, and none of them have said there’s ever a reason to intentionally raise Triglycerides. As to your number, it’s considered good, and certainly not high...the only real question is whether lower is better.
But yeah, I’m up on the LDL story - never had my particle size tested, but given my Triglyceride/LDL ratio, I’m not worried about it, although just using the bulk LDL number for statin prescriptions certainly helps Big Drugs!
Not that it makes much of a difference, but I use Ways2Well for my blood testing and guidance now. I haven’t seen an actual physician since COVID. I don’t trust the medical establishment anymore, and I don’t recommend anybody do the same with the notable exception of emergency medicine.
My triglycerides were in the 40s when I started, and they classified that as below optimal. I also thought lower was better. When I started researching, I found out why, esp. around brain health. I’m now comfortably in the 90s and feel great.