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I was up bright and early again this morning, walking around Gran Alacant. I popped into Lidl, to pick up some healthy provisions on the way home, but lets just say they didn't have any; not what I wanted anyway!
I was speaking to a couple of friends, whilst searching the isles, who kindly gave me advice on what to buy for my high triglycerides results. My Cholesterol was just above what it should be, but my triglycerides results were 296; they should be 149 maximum; quite concerning I have to say. I need to cut out fat. carbs and sugar, including white rice and pasta, two staples in my diet. Lidl sadly didn't have the more healthy brown variety, so it was a quick trip to Mercadona to stock up.
In the past I have eaten as cheaply as I can, today I am buying products, according to their nutritional value; the healthier the better. Currently, I have cut out a lot of unhealthy foods from my diet, including cheese, chocolate and processed food; I have at least, started to change my eating habits.
Naturally when I got home, I googled an appropriate diet, in order to bring down my cholesterol levels; interestingly I came across a good site, where I could measure, just how bad they are, using the charts below.
I was speaking to a couple of friends, whilst searching the isles, who kindly gave me advice on what to buy for my high triglycerides results. My Cholesterol was just above what it should be, but my triglycerides results were 296; they should be 149 maximum; quite concerning I have to say. I need to cut out fat. carbs and sugar, including white rice and pasta, two staples in my diet. Lidl sadly didn't have the more healthy brown variety, so it was a quick trip to Mercadona to stock up.
In the past I have eaten as cheaply as I can, today I am buying products, according to their nutritional value; the healthier the better. Currently, I have cut out a lot of unhealthy foods from my diet, including cheese, chocolate and processed food; I have at least, started to change my eating habits.
Naturally when I got home, I googled an appropriate diet, in order to bring down my cholesterol levels; interestingly I came across a good site, where I could measure, just how bad they are, using the charts below.
I was able to use this chart to calculate my risk of heart disease. The figures in the left hand column relate to HDL-Colesterol. In my case, I have a figure of 48; anything over 40 is good; really it should be over 60. The figures along the top relate to my Cholesterol figure. Here anything under 200 is good; mine was 215. Using the columns as a guide I could see that the two together put me in the 'average risk bracket.'
After finding my cholesterol risk from the cholesterol chart above (total cholesterol and HDL levels), I factored in triglycerides by finding my triglycerides number from the triglycerides chart on the left, then moving to the right of the cholesterol chart by the number of corresponding columns shown on the triglycerides chart:
So for example, if as in my case your total cholesterol is 215 and your HDL is 48, the cholesterol chart above will intersect at “Average”. However if like me your triglycerides is 296, this corresponds to moving 1 column to the right of the cholesterol chart, which still results in a risk level of “Average” when triglycerides is factored in, but only just!
So for example, if as in my case your total cholesterol is 215 and your HDL is 48, the cholesterol chart above will intersect at “Average”. However if like me your triglycerides is 296, this corresponds to moving 1 column to the right of the cholesterol chart, which still results in a risk level of “Average” when triglycerides is factored in, but only just!
This is still far too high; I am bordering on a high risk of heart disease, so need to change my lifestyle dramatically. It is about time I tried to live a more healthy lifestyle; well I can at least try. More tests in a few months, lets hope I've made some progress!
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