\r\n \r\n fish oil works great for triglycerides, but make sure she takes the MAXIMUM dosage on the bottle. If it says just 1 day, have her take 2. Also, have her eat an apple before dinner (with the peel; pectin in the peel reduces bile acid absorption from the intestines).\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Zoe Harcombe has a good article on cholesterol here
\r\ndo pay attention to this
\r\nStatins do not save lives in women
\r\nStatins do not save lives in women
\r\nStatins do not save lives in women
\r\nIs it possible to highlight how important this fact actually is?
\r\nSTATINS DO NOT SAVE LIVES IN WOMEN\r\n

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\r\n \r\n If you haven\'t already done so, have your wife\'s thyroid function checked. Thyroid hormone and lipids have an inverse relationship. As blood levels of thyroid hormone drop, triglycerides climb. As blood levels of thyroid hormone increase, triglycerides drop.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n What does your wife eat other than eggs? Does she eat high glycemic foods?
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\nI was just reading something on adipocyte differentiation https://physrev.physiology.org/content/78/3/783.full and trying to figure out where in the cycle the craving for more insulin producing foods happens. But, I\'m done reading for the time being since my eyes are starting to cross Lol The point is, if she\'s consuming high glycemic foods, the pancreas has to release more insulin and that can increase triglyceride levels. After awhile, the liver turns into a fatty liver and becomes less efficient at doing its job properly.
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\r\n \r\n Thanks every one for the replies
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\r\n@ saved1986
\r\nShe\'s always had a problem taking vitamins on a daily bases, but hopefully she will start. I just read an article that there\'s no conclusive evidence that flax seed oil works, but there is for fish oil. Hopefully she will start to take it.
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\r\n@ Ted_Hutchinson
\r\nThanks for the link, I\'m reading it right now
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\r\n@ Researcher1
\r\nI\'ll have her get it checked
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\r\n@ Cookie
\r\nI know what she eats for breakfast and for dinner, but she generally eats out for lunch. She is a picky eater, which might also hurt her health, because a lot of things that I read are good for cholestrol like celery she won\'t eat. I know of more things she dislikes than she likes as she is the most picky eater I\'ve ever met. If we walk into a sandwich shop and they won\'t toast the bread she doesn\'t want it for starters. I can tell you she likes milk and a lot of times for dinner she has cereal and she likes chicken.
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\r\nI\'ve been trying to do a lot of research, mostly googling and it appears I do almost everything already that is supposed to lower your cholestrol
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\r\n1) vitamin C (I get 2,000mg a day from supplements and drink at least 2 cups of green tea a day as of recently)
\r\n2) psyllium husks (I put this in my protein shakes every morning)
\r\n3) almonds (I eat a small handful an hour or two before lunch and another handful 2 hours after lunch everyday)
\r\n4) Eat steel-cut oatmeal on the weekend (takes too long to make during the week)
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\r\nShe doesn\'t take the vitamin C like I do, because she seems to have a problem remembering to take pills (she\'s 30 year old). She doesn\'t like the taste of my protein shakes in the morning, so she\'s not getting the psylium husks either. She told me she wants to start taking almonds before and after lunch each day.
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\r\nThe sad part is that I give my dog fish oil everyday and yet neither of us take fish oil ourselves.\r\n

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\r\n \r\n Concerning diet, eliminating sugars and refined carbohydrates is perhaps the fastest way to reduce triglycerides. Cutting back or eliminating alcoholic beverages is also a great way to cut triglycerides. Increasing physical activity also reduces triglycerides. Taking Fish oil reduces triglycerides. Taking thyroid hormone when deficient reduces triglycerides.\r\n

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\n Imaged from Ned Kock and O\'Primitovo click on image to enlarge.
\nCholesterol units conversion calculator for UK readers
\nAnd it\'s worth reading both their posts on the subject to understand how we\'ve been lied to. Click on this link to go to Ned\'s Health Correlator post where you will find a link back to O Primitivo\'s blog.
\nthe best range of TC that one can be at is somewhere between 210, ( 5.4306 mmol/l) where cardiovascular disease mortality is minimized; and 220 (5.6892 mmol/l), where total mortality is minimized.
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\nWhat matters usually with cholesterol is the make of the different cholesterol particles. For older people, such as myself, RAISING HDL is more important to keep brain function operating smoothly and offset the risk of Alzheimer\'s.
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\nDon\'t forget Niacin is a simple way to raise HDL and lower triglycerides.\r\n

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