Thanks Carolyn: triglicerides

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I hear you! Actually when I do green smoothies it is almost always water but

today I did one with pineapple, coconut (and if I had coconut milk upstairs

would have added that), romaine, flax meal, green super food, ice cubes, and

almond milk.

My milk products might be in my coffee (sorry it is my only vice!) but I drink

more water

I have a few problems with moving...I have Primary Progressive MS so moving is

not something...even before the MS I had SEVERE degenerative joint disorder in

both knees... literally bone on bone.. I should have had a joint replacement

eons ago..now I am no longer eligible as my ortho told us if the surgery didn't

kill me the rehab would. How I get my exercise in is I use the Wii and I have

several programs that I modify that allows me to use a crutch or a chair to help

me. But back in Feb I decided to have a mishap/fight with a headboard and a bed

that elevates... my arm got caughter in the middle of the two... I still can't

use the elbow to do many things,, I finally broke down and made an appt with an

ortho (I hate not going to my ortho that I had always gone to BUT he is over an

1+ hour one way so I finally had to ask my Primary for a name of someone

closer.. I hated it as I've been seeing the same ortho for over 20+ years. You

might be wondering what that has to do me with not being able to use Wii.. I

need an arm to balance and an arm to hold onto chair/crutch... I can do some

things with the arm but still have to have my husband braid my hair,etc!

Debbie in NJ

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> Debbie,  I haven't been doing green smoothies yet on a regular basis (most

of them don't recommend milk though I like it, too), so I can't speak to that

part of the issue. But I have a similar problem. My cholesterol is good.  My

good cholesterol isn't good as it is too low and has been for a long time.  The

triglicerides are up, though not as high as  yours were.  I take fenofibrate

at a higher dose and thought that might be the same as the medication you

take.  I do the prescription Lovaza which is fish oil capsules (4 a day), and

also some Niaspan at night which I think has some effect.  The thing I am not

doing which I need to do is exercise.  I even wondered if that was why my sugar

was dropping today when I was out.  I walked quite a bit.  

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> " Some of that is genes and can't do anything about that, but if cut out more

of the red meat and doing exercise.  That is about it.  I don't think my D3 is

for that but for calcium.  I get the dairy in like you do, such as Smart

Balance milk (more omega 3 oils)  and in yogurt for the probiotics (though the

yogurt I eat doesn'thave a high effect on probiotics). 

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> Debbie, guess we have to increase moving.  Good luck to you.  I hope to

start going to the pool to walk in the water.  As soon as I think I will, it

will probably start raining.  LOL.

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> I do like icecream and was eating some but have cut that back a lot. 

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> Carolyn Wilkerson

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