From: Dr. Neal Pinckney (ip64-75-190-118.dial.aloha.net)
Subject: Re: (lowering) triglycerides
Date: January 15, 2002 at 4:43 pm PST

In Reply to: Re: (lowering) triglycerides posted by D Hart on January 15, 2002 at 1:09 pm:

Our primary concern is lowering total cholesterol, LDL and blood pressure and raising HDL. A small percentage of people following our program find elevated trigyclerides, although many of them return to normal levels eventually..

Of course, the best case is to lower total cholesterol and triglycerides, and knowing the foods that will help do that is important.

High triglycerides are only one of the risk factors we hope people will make lifestyle changes to lower, and aside from the risk for diabetes, we would prefer for people to concentrate on lowering cholesterol, blood pressure and excess weight, even if slightly higher triglycerides are an effect.