[SupplySider]

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.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Ok, excellent information too - up the exercise, lower the sugar. Knew someone who had very high triglycerides and that person totally stopped eating beef and started eating LOTS of fish and salads and their triglycerides came back down fast into normal range. But I didn’t know if that was what had to be done or not, and if so - my friend won’t do it. She simply loathes fish of any kind. She is upping the exercise and the eating of salads.

[aruanan]

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.

Exercise will help raise HDL levels which will deplete overall serum cholesterol. Remember that neither HDL nor LDL is cholesterol. They are particles named for their principal proteins HDL or LDL. The LDL transports dietary cholesterol. HDL is the reverse transport particle taking cholesterol away for disposal.