I'm still concerned about my Trig levels. I'm lo carbing, so they are going down (slowly but surely) - but it's the insistance of GPs that Trig levels are directly linked to Alcohol intake. I only drink on a weekend - could this be contributing to my Trig levels???
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Triglycerides and alcohol
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Patch said:
Hi Patch,
It looks like your one of the unlucky sensitive ones; I don’t have any problems as my last trigs on LC are 0.65 mmol/L.
http://www.umassmed.edu/uploadedfiles/trigs.pdf
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My Trigycerides were 2.1 when i was diagnosed T2 in April, and now three months later they are 0.8. With the long summer evenings I'm probably drinking more (mainly wine, the occasional G&T and the occasional Guinness) than I did when I had my first test. Alcohol might be a reason for raised Trig levels but the wrong type of carbs and fats are probably just as significant.
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Patch said:
Hi patch.
Here is a link which is specifically about Triglycerides and Alcohol. It's an interesting read.
http://www.reducetriglycerides.com/alco ... mplate.htm
As with every thing, the moderate approach is best.
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My specialist doesn't do my trigs when he does my blood tests, so I've no idea what my levels are. 
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Hi Patch,
My trigs are 0.3 and I have a small glass of wine most evenings and if we go out about once a fortnight on average I will drink more, sometimes considerably more
but then have a few days drinking nothing.
Before I started low carbing my trigs were 0.6 or 0.7 I think.
Hope this helps
Jo
My trigs are 0.3 and I have a small glass of wine most evenings and if we go out about once a fortnight on average I will drink more, sometimes considerably more
but then have a few days drinking nothing. Before I started low carbing my trigs were 0.6 or 0.7 I think.
Hope this helps
Jo
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Patch,
on dx in April, my trigs were 7.7!!!.
For the last year or so pre-dx, I was only drinking on a Saturday night (5 or 6 pints of lager). I would also have the occasional can or so or an odd malt whisky (a crate of lager or a bottle of malt could sit around for weeks on end, so nothing significant)
I was advised that my high trigs were due to high BG. I was 10.3 HBA1C on dx and fasting BG was 13.
I had tests on 30th June for gout review and my trigs had dropped to 1.1 !!.
Never eaten so much fat in my life!!
As stated previously, I have my 3 month review on Thursday and cant wait to wipe the floor with my pessimistic GP!!.
Steve.
on dx in April, my trigs were 7.7!!!.
For the last year or so pre-dx, I was only drinking on a Saturday night (5 or 6 pints of lager). I would also have the occasional can or so or an odd malt whisky (a crate of lager or a bottle of malt could sit around for weeks on end, so nothing significant)
I was advised that my high trigs were due to high BG. I was 10.3 HBA1C on dx and fasting BG was 13.
I had tests on 30th June for gout review and my trigs had dropped to 1.1 !!.
Never eaten so much fat in my life!!
As stated previously, I have my 3 month review on Thursday and cant wait to wipe the floor with my pessimistic GP!!.
Steve.
