A healthy diet for a healthy life
So finally today I got my blood test result from the doctor.
Back in October 2007, I went for a general check-up and found out that my triglyceride level (that is the amount of fat circulated on my blood) was sky-high. It was 500 mg/dL (or 5.645 mmol/L) compared to the acceptable level of around 133 mg/dL (or 1.5 mmol/L)! Anymore higher, I could probably end up with a stroke or a clogging on my blood artery 
So I took a good diet (as in eating healthier apart from not-eating kind of diet) and got my blood tested again last week.
Today I got the result and the verdict is….
My high triglyceride level goes down to 124 mg/dL (or 1.4 mmol/L)! Yay! I never expected that much of an improvement, really.
Everything else is normal, although my cholesterol level is a little bit higher than the acceptable range (it was okay back then in October 2007).
So, what I’ve been doing to get a lower triglyceride level? (You should pay attention to this too for your own sake)
- Drank a once-off medicine to lower my Triglyceride level, called Lipida or something
- Change the milk on my morning coffee from a full cream milk to skinny milk
- Eat healthier breakfast (cereals and oatmeal apart from croissants, donuts, and fried dim sim)
- Eat less KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) – from twice a week to once a month
- Exercise more (I play badminton every Sunday now after church)
- Eat less deep fried food and fats as much as I can
- Drink fish oil tablets every now and then
- Drink less sugary drink (Coke Zero instead of the regular Coke, etc)
Alright, I better stop now as this is supposed to be a technology blog, not a health or dieting blog 
However, thanks for all of your support and concern on my health so far. If you never take care of your health, then it’s about time that you do before you regret it! Watch what you are eating, and stay healthy! God bless!
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Congratulations. These results prove that you actually stuck to your diet. I can imagine that it was not always easy. No Coke, man, that is punishment.
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there’s nothing wrong with letting us know how you are doing. We wouldn’t have the tech blog if you were in a morgue.
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I am afraid you have been tagged in a meme that was passed along to me. I had to select some sites to tag so I decided to tag all those I had commented on sometime today. I hope you do not mind.
That’s pretty awesome that you were able to lower it significantly. Congrats and keep up the good work!
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Way to go! Just keep the mantra, “Too much fastfood is bad for my health.”
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Good for you! This is a great post to share with others the power of diet, nutrition, and fitness to combat most of the maladies that affect us. I, too, recently lowered my cholestoral natually using diet, exercise, and supplements.
Congrats!
peace,
Mike
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Sometimes the smallest things can make a big difference. I use to drink whole milk, and 3+ cokes a day. I’ve since changed my habits and now drink skim milk and water, with an occasional coke maybe once every few weeks.
After you get into the habit of a healthy diet, you really never miss the junk you use to eat/drink. I remember craving McDonalds all the time, until I started eating healthy. After that, the mere thought of their food would make me feel sick.
Gratz on being able to change your diet, and good luck!
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Thanks for dropping in, guys. Hope you all have a healthy life too!
That’s good to here. I try to keep my diet in check, but I still like to eat junk food now and again. There are many people that are in a similar state you were in in before your diet and don’t even know it. Many of these people find out too late.
It’s good to know you found out before anything serious happened.
Great Info. i forwarded this post to a friend who happens to have the same problem with you. High triglyceride level. Twice than normal level. Hope he learn more from this post. Great site.
Paul: Yeah, I first realized it when I ate a crispy pork for dinner. I had this massive pressure on my shoulder.. something was not right. That’s how I decided to check my blood out
FatherlyYours: Good call! I hope he can be encouraged and realized that if I can make it better, he can, too! Feel free to ask him to contact me if he has any questions. I’ll try my best to answer it!
oh God, i have some (or many) problem with “cholesterol” word :X
lol it’s time to change your dietary / eating habits?