Originally Posted by janieg

If I look back at my cholesterol levels which I've tracked for the past nine years, even when I was on a very high carb, whole grain diet, my triglycerides were under a 100 consistently. I spiked to 175 one year when I took the test after a 5 day vacation that included horrendous eating and drinking...doughnuts, pizza, potato chips, fried chicken, and ample beer.