Some believe that triglyceride/HD ratio is the more important indicator of heart health. Also that high trig. are more significant than high LDLs. There is a lot of raging controversey in all of this. Omega 3s in highish doses (up to 4 grams a day, and that is O-3s, not just total fish oil) improve triglycerides. They did lower mine.
Jenny in Blood Sugars 101 discusses some of this. (blog or book)
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