how do you lower triglycerides?

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My dog's triglycerides are outrageously high and may be related to her

neurologcial problems. Here's here level and the reference range:

Triglyceride: 1668 (reference range: 20-150)

The internest I took her to on Tues gave me some xeroxed pages about

metabolic disorders that I assume came from a veterinary text of some sort.

This document recommends a low fat diet and fish oil and niacin. If

that doesn't lower triglycerides in 4 weeks, it suggests drug therapy, but

states that this has the potential for toxicity.

The same document mentions several serious conditions associated with

hypertriglyceridemia including pancreatitis and seizures. I'd like to figure

out what's going on here and ger her triglycerides down ASAP. Some of the

human literature recommends low *carb* diets rather than low fat, but her

diet is meat/bone/organ and often tripe and blood. No veggies, no grains. I

DO give her a little freeze dried berry powder with each meal and sometimes

a smidgeon of honey or royal jelly, bu I can't imagine the small amounts I

give her could cause such high triglyceride levels. She IS a small dog (12

lbs.) so it's possible that the small amounts I'm giving her are more

significant relative to her size than I realize. I'd hazard a guess that she

gets bewtween 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. per meal at most.

Any ideas on what causes high triglycerides in humans and how to lower them?

I'm not sure if the same causes and therapies would apply to dogs, but I'm

trying to get as much info as possible from both human and dog lists before

I decide how to proceed. I need to do something quickly though, as she's

15.5 years old and her level has climbed significantly since Nov. 2005. So

it's heading in a very bad direction.

Thanks in advance!

Suze Fisher

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