Re: Alcohol and blood lipids?

Hey,
The Tricor does bring down the Tri's but for a while I was drinking with it so they never quite made it under 150. I have been fasting from it for a couple of weeks and excercising too. I hope cutting out all the alcohol makes a difference on things...plus I will use Fish Oil and Garlic.
I ate some the pther day and then tested my sugar after about an hour and 50 mins. and it was 136, is that anything to worry about?

Re: Alcohol and blood lipids?

I would not know right now what my fasting #'s would be but my friend has a meter I can use. I am trying to get out and do lot's of walking and eating mostly fish or chicken, I am also supplementing w/fish oil, garlic, policosanol, psyllium fiber, and chromium pic.
The last time I went in I had Trigs. at 236, Total Cholesterol at 212, LDL was acceptable and the HDL was in the low 30's I think. I got the 145mg of Tricor...I want to get off this drug. Has anyone else gotten off this stuff?
I also don't know what to do about bloodwork...I need to go in and get retested but the Doctor want's to do it every 3 months, I don't feel like I want to do that right now. I need some more time to get with my program...I want to see how it helps things...now is too early I think. Any suggestios?