I am 45 years old male. A diabetic since 2009 having hba1c of 7.1, triglycerides: 288, hdl: 34.4, ldl: 86.3, vldl: 57.6, total chol / hdl cholesterol ratio: 4.65, ldl / hdl cholesterol ratio: 2.51, hdl / ldl cholesterol ratio: 0.40. Height is 173 cm, weight 63. 4 kg, bmi: 21.2. Doctor has suggested razel f5 medicine to reduce triglycerides and cholesterol. I have not started it yet. But want to know if I start this can I stop it when the triglycerides reduces to normal? Or is there any way to reduce it naturally? I am already brisk walking 8 km per day, having fruits and roasted almonds and very low carb foods.

Dr. Prabhakar Laxman JatharEndocrinologist51yrs exp

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Hello, thanks for the query. I have gone through the details mentioned. You have not given your fasting and pp glucose, hba1c% 7.1% is ok, however for your age it should be < 6.5%. It is good to see that your bmi is quite good. A bit of diet control and adding increased quantity of green leafy vegetables, salads should help. Your exercise level is also very good. As regards taking tablets containing fibrate for reducing tgl is not really needed. Usually that level of tgl can be corrected by diet control and good exercise. Now a day tgl is rarely treated up to 500 mg. So you may not take that tablet. But please see that subtle changes in diet are made. If you have any questions pleas do come back. Thanks.  

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