Not sure if this is the right place to post this but I’m 22, I went and got blood work done on Friday (I forgot to fast though) and my cholesterol was 228 mg/dL and Triglycerides was 663 mg/dL. In May for the same test my cholesterol was 183 mg/dL and my triglycerides 139 mg/dL. Super worried about this and not sure if me forgetting to fast would cause this but it seems like an insane increase in like 7 lot hs because it’s like dangerously high. I do have a pretty bad habit and eating fast food & drinking diet soda (my A1C now went down to 5.7 from a 6.0) but my eating habits I don’t really think have changed significantly since last time I got blood work done which was in May.
My triglycerides were the same level as yours. I was diagnosed with familial triglyceridemia. Or however you spell it. Basically your high triglycerides are genetic. And nothing can be done about it besides medication. You can try changing your diet around and exercise more. But, doing that will make a negligible difference.
Try adding roughly 150 minutes of moderate activity such as walking per week as a minimum to your lifestyle if possible and try to be more active.As for diet try to reduce your added sugar and saturated fat intake and aim to replace it with predominantly omega 3’s, some omega 6 and monounsaturated fat, along with unprocessed Carbohydrateshigh in resistant starch and fibre like steel cut oats and other wholegrains, fruit, potatoes with the skins on (preferably left to cool down after cooking so that there is higher resistant starch content) and starchy vedgtables, etc, as well as eating more vedgetables in general.To summarise: aim for a bit more weekly activity and replace processed foods and sugary drinks with healthy unsaturated fats and unprocessed high fibre Carbohydrates.
I wrecked my Cholesterol numbers back in the 80 ‘s eating too little fats and too many carbs. High triglycerides is certainly an indicator of pre-diabetes.
Do yourself a favor and ditch the diet soda. That $ hit is addictive.
Adding more good fats, omega 3s, and ditching any white food like potatoes, milk and bread plus adding good fats like Omega 3 should help bring your numbers into a better range. Eat white rice cold or reheated, not freshly cooked.. Good luck
In Japan they eat natto, it has nattokinase in it.Nattokinase is one of the most powerful triglyceride and cholesterol digester there is. In Japan you dont really hear about heart disease.But dont eat natto or take nattokinase if you take blood thinners and consult a doctor first.