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Thanks again. Good info. But what is needed to reduce triglycerides? Isn’t it a reduction in eating the types of fat found in beef? (again, this person LOVES beef as do I and routinely eats ground beef, steak, roasts for most of her dietary protein).

Thanks again. Good info. But what is needed to reduce triglycerides? Isn’t it a reduction in eating the types of fat found in beef? (again, this person LOVES beef as do I and routinely eats ground beef, steak, roasts for most of her dietary protein).

A triglyceride molecule is the body's way (almost any body) of packaging fats. It is a glycerol molecule with three fatty acid groups bound to it. When it's time to mobilize the fat for energy use, the fatty acids are cleaved progressively from the glycerol moiety. The fatty acids can be either saturated or non-saturated fats. They can come from any food source.

The principal type of fat found in beef, stearic acid, a saturated fat, also happens to be one of the most friendly fats you can eat. That is, it irritates the intimal lining of the aorta and other arteries only a very little. By contrast, peanut oil is one of the most irritating fats you can eat. The irritation caused by the fat is one of the reasons for the danger to cardiovascular health because these irritated streaks in the aorta and other arteries are what develop into regions of plaque that can lead to heart attacks and strokes.

So cut the total amount of fat, but don't worry about beef.

Thanks again. Good info. But what is needed to reduce triglycerides? Isn’t it a reduction in eating the types of fat found in beef? (again, this person LOVES beef as do I and routinely eats ground beef, steak, roasts for most of her dietary protein).

I'm not an expert, but my dad had elevated triglycerides. I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that exercise, while not doing much for total or LDL cholesterol, does help to raise HDL and lower triglycerides. I think reducing sugar helps with triglycerides, too.