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First of all I jog and exerise regularly so that gave me a baseline of 48-50
Used to be on a low fat diet --non fat dressing on my salads etc

Stayed Low fat BUT Started using olive oil on my salads and bagel half That I dip as part of dinner

Did away with sugary cereals and switched to oat type with a scoop of high protein and non fat milk

Did away with white breads and use whole grain products
Used to use margaraine instead of butter until I learned about the Trans Fatty acids --Switched to Take Control/Benecol Light

Added at least a handful of nuts --Almonds cashews etc to my evening salads

Only eat meat about 4 times a week at dinner--pork trimmed--Ham steaks--90% lean hamburger on a George Foreman grill--Veal--White meat Turkey or Chicken

Other nights it is Shrimp--Salmon--Talapia

Rarely have cakes or pies or chips-nachos etc ( Exception is holidays etc)

Snack on Rice cakes --Sour Dough Pretzels -and very low fat ( no trans ) popcorn that I sprinkle Olive oil on

Couldn't believe the difference it made My tris range from 50-70

I guess I am one of the lucky ones that diet really works for

Others take Statins etc

George doesn't eat Statins.. we eat a healty diet, no trans-fats, we even make out own Healthy Butter with 1/2 almond oil and 1/2 butter. Cook with Olive Oil, very little of any breads, but if we do it's whole grain bread. His Cholesterol is only 156 and he does eat eggs every morning because he has a tendency to hypoglycemia bordering on diabetes(has a family history of diabetes)....

I cooked whole grain oats for his breakfast every day for a while and it didn't do anything and his blood sugar fluctuated too much and raised his trigliceride level. With eggs in the a.m. the appetite is holding better and the triglicerides came down.

The only thing that is whacky is the HDL and it may be heriditary (according to the doctor) due to family history of diabetes and heart disease...