Health Summary: Triglycerides/HDL is the ratio to look for; Below 2.8 is good

Thursday, 24 November 2016

Triglycerides/HDL is the ratio to look for; Below 2.8 is good - lower the better

Standard lipid guidelines have really missed the point.

Triglyceride/HDL ratio is FAR more associated with coronary artery disease (or really any chronic disease) compared with total and/or LDL cholesterol — probably because elevated triglyceride/HDL ratio is a proxy for insulin resistance.

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Just FYI:

US LIPID AVERAGES (at time of this study):

Total: 196
LDL: 116
Trigs: 110
HDL: 53

Ernani Guimarães Rosa Can I have the links for the references?

LikeReply1November 15 at 7:45pm

Burn Fat Not Sugarhttp://www.ahjonline.com/article/S0002-8703(08)00717-5/pdf

LikeReply1November 15 at 10:32pm

Ernani Guimarães Rosa Thanks!

LikeReply1November 15 at 10:33pm

Burn Fat Not Sugar 👊🏽😏

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Lyn Russell Storey What cut points do you use for Trig/HDL ratio? I have seen 1.67 for women, 2.75 for men, 3 or 1.75 or 4 for everybody.

LikeReply1November 18 at 8:25am

Burn Fat Not Sugar If we made a dividing line for trig/HDL ratio and everything above that line was BAD and everything below that line was GOOD then that line would be at 2.8!

And the lower the better!!

LikeReplyNovember 18 at 9:45am