How can i reduce my triglyceride count?

A heart healthy diet: Go to the American Heart Association and read the detail on eating a heart healthy diet. This includes lowering sugar, fat and limiting alcohol. Exercise may help too. If you try lifestyle modifications for a few months with no change in the number your doctor can prescribe medication. Goal less than 150

See below: To reduce triglycerides: -Limit alcohol to 2 drinks a day -Limit sweets, sugar, high fructose drinks, juices -Limit starchy foods -Avoid simple carbohydrates like white bread and instead choose complex carbohydrates labeled Whole Grain -Avoid choosing foods from the center of the supermarket and instead choose fresh produce around the outside -increase exercise and loose excess weight

Don't Rx a lab: High triglycerides are most worrisome as a marker for coronary risk, and this is best addressed big-picture (fitness, lifestyle, managing hypertension / diabetes, avoiding smoking, maybe diet). For some people, high triglycerides are your body's way of asking for more vigorous exercise. Think about it -- it's a great gift for yourself in any case.

Low carb diet and: 3-0mega fatty acids, such as fish or flaxseed oil!

Could: change to low carb diet, omega 3, exercise and may need Fenofibrate