The National Cholesterol Education Program guidelines for triglycerides are:
Normal Less than 150 mg/dL
Borderline-high 150 to 199 mg/dL
High 200 to 499 mg/dL
Very high 500 mg/dL or higher
These are based on fasting plasma triglyceride levels.
Originally posted by sirknight6 well, I did NOT fast prior to the test, and henceforth, I had a beer and actually something to eat earlier that day........
Think butter, and everything that you can make with butter. Yes, too much can kill you, but some literature suggests that ingesting some triglycerides [read: fat] can be good on a long ride. Easy for the body to convert to energy, but a little tough to digest if you eat too much...
Anything fried or sweets will increase your trig's. Diet is the key. A few years ago before I lost some weight and starting working out, mine was getting close to high(around 150 I think)... After I lost weight and started working out, it is always under 100 now. Weight is a big key.....(to lots of stuff, High blood pressure, Diebetes)
I read an article in Men's Health magazine a while back about a guy who weighed over 500 lbs, and he had body fat upwards of 40-45% or so (I can't remember exactly). The article said the guy had a higher concentration of fat in his body than is in a stick of butter!
Don't know if that's relevant here, I just thought it was funny.
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