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We just had the cholesterol talk with my husband's cardiologist. He explained that triglycerides are directly affected by what you eat. If your fat intake is very low, you may want to consider adding good fats, like olive oil (which we now use for almost all of our cooking needs) and natural peanut butter (I recommend Smuckers Natural because it is trans fat free and very tasty). It sure is a pain trying to keep all of these levels in a happy balance, isn't it?
My doctor told me once, when I was on a too-strict vegetarian diet with a total cholesterol of 90, that it was not healthy or safe to have cholesterol too low. He did not elaborate as to why. I'm no longer a vegetarian, and I consume olive oil regularly. My numbers are now in perfect ranges. Can't say if the olive oil did it, but it didn't hurt.
My doctor told me once, when I was on a too-strict vegetarian diet with a total cholesterol of 90, that it was not healthy or safe to have cholesterol too low. He did not elaborate as to why. I'm no longer a vegetarian, and I consume olive oil regularly. My numbers are now in perfect ranges. Can't say if the olive oil did it, but it didn't hurt.