Low triglycerides?

[mmfd]

This is a new one for me..low triglycerides.  It was 30! (normal 50-150)  After having been on Lasix and with thyroid storm in the fall, 2005, my cholesterol labs were thrown off.  I understand that both can raise total cholesterol.  Last year it was about 220, this year 192, with a LDl of 139 and an HDL of 47.  The ratio was 3.0 which I guess is ok.  I confess to not knowing much about all the lipid stuff as I already know I have nonischemic heart disease.  A quick search tells me that a very low trig. level is not good.  Does anyone here know anything about it?   I am overweight but I go to the gym 5 days/week for an hour at least and follow a strict low sodium diet which frequently translates into low fat as well.  Any thoughts?

[anacyde]

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.