2023-05-02 02:44:10
Now, it’s important to note that the only way to tell if your triglycerides are high is with a blood test, and factors that can raise your triglyceride level include:
- Regularly eating more calories than you burn, especially if you consume a lot of sugar.
- Being overweight or obese.
- Smoking cigarettes.
- Excessive use of alcohol.
- Certain medications.
- Some genetic disorders.
- Thyroid diseases.
- Poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.
- Diseases of the liver or kidneys.
Adds, according to Mayo Clinic, a non-profit entity dedicated to clinical practice, education and research, sometimes high triglycerides are also a side effect of taking certain medications, as the following:
- Estrogen and progestin.
- Retinoides.
- Steroids.
- Beta blockers.
- Some immunosuppressants.
- Some HIV medicines.
In fact, the ranges of triglyceride values are:
- Normal: less than 150 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dl), or less than 1.7 millimoles per liter (mmol/l)
- Limit: 150 a 199 mg/dl (1,8 a 2,2 mmol/l)
- Alto: 200 a 499 mg/dl (2,3 a 5,6 mmol/L)
- Very high: 500 mg/dl or more (5.7 mmol/l or more
However, if the specialist detects that the level of triglycerides is high, changes in daily habits must be made and a recommendation from La Opinión is to consume the tangerine peel, since it “They contain important antioxidant properties and are known as one of the best natural remedies to reduce blood fats.”
So, to get the benefits, you have to boil two cups of water and add the zest of two medium tangerines plus a ¼ stick of cinnamon. Then, let it rest for five minutes and consume.
In any case, before consuming any food, the first thing to do is consult the treating physician or a nutritionist so that they can guide the process and indicate what is most appropriate for each person, since the above recommendations are not the indicated for all people, since the information given above is in no way a substitute for medical advice.
Meanwhile, other ways to lower triglycerides include:
1. Have a healthy diet: This should include at least 400g (or five servings) of fruit and vegetables per day, less than 10% of total caloric intake from free sugars, less than 30% of daily caloric intake from fats and less than five grams of salt (about a teaspoon) a day and the salt should be iodized.
3. Limit alcohol: moderate alcohol consumption in healthy adults generally means up to one drink a day for women and up to two drinks a day for men.
- Within 20 minutes of quitting, blood pressure and heart rate recover from the cigarette-induced peak.
- Three months after quitting smoking blood circulation and lung function begin to improve.
- Within a year of quitting, the risk of heart disease is half that of a smoker.
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