Triglyceride Medicines

Series Summary

Everyone wants to live a fit and healthy life, but sometimes beginning a new low-fat diet can be daunting and even challenging. Changing eating habits and learning to prepare low-calorie, low-fat food might be difficult to acclimate to at first, but having a solid knowledge base about the healthy types of foods and some inspiration towards creating a delicious menu full of diet-friendly meals is a great start. Healthy snacks, exercise and a refrigerator makeover are great steps for diet beginners. In this free video series on diets, a nutritional consultant and clinical herbalist discusses healthy eating. Find out how to create a balanced diet full of whole foods, vegetables, fruits and proteins. Learn about the benefits of good eating, and discover ways to control many diseases, such as diabetes. Eat well for better living in this helpful nutrition guide.

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Charlotte Skiles. I'm a nutrition consultant and clinical herbalist with Eat in Peace Wellness Consulting, located in Austin, Texas, and right now I'm going to talk to you about triglyceride medicines. What you need to realize about triglycerides is that they are a reflection of the amount of carbohydrate in a person's diet. Many people--and many people in the health profession, think that triglycerides are a reflection of dietary fat. They are not. They are a direct reflection of carbohydrates. Anything about 85 is indicative of a problem, and that is a rather low number there, and we have way too many carbohydrates in our diet in the form of refined foods. Vegetables, whole grains--if appropriate--and fruits qualify as good carbohydrate sources. The breads, the cakes, the pastas, the alcohol: all of these other ones can definitely contribute to increased triglycerides in the body. So, that's what I want to say about triglyceride medicines. If you want to lower yours, adjust the carbohydrate intake in your diet."