Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

If you go to a health food store and get one of those nice so called healthy bran muffins or carrot cake BEWARE. The reason why they are nice and FLUFFY is they are loaded with oils and fats. Very few foods actually have cholesterol in them.

Fats and Oils TURN INTO Cholesterol by the liver. Thus foods can LEGIT say ZERO CHOLESTEROL but your body will take those fats and convert them. Thus muffins that are soft and fluffy. LOADED with fats. Best the old Penn Dutch muffins that are hard. High fiber low fat.

You have a high Triglycerides. that is associated with low fiber carbs. CAREFUL FOR OILS and CARBS. Tahinni sauce. Presto, "health" muffins, some trail mixes, cheese, fried foods. ZERO cholesterol means nothing it is the FAT content that your liver converts to cholesterol.

Your high triglycerides make me suspect some baked processed carbs, tahinni or Presto with fats in them. Prepared tomato sauce is fine just watch out for how much FAT is ADDED to it.

Remember most cholesterol is NOT from eating it. It is from your liver turning FATS and OILS into cholesterol. Watch out for VIRGIN OLIVE oil unless from CALIFORNIA which has strict standards on what is called "virgin" olive oil.

Generally for a man you should eat no more than 60 grams of fat per day with less than 30 of those from saturated fats.Try to eat less before bed as that is when your liver changes fat to cholesterol. Woman is 50 grams total fat and half from saturated.

Finally if a product package says X amount of fat make sure you read Y amount of servings per package.

I HOPE THIS HELPS.