Take The Low Triglyceride Diet Quiz

6. When you go out with friends to Happy Hour and snacks are served, which of the following should you eat and/or drink? (Choose all that apply.)

a. Tomato juice (virgin Mary).
b. Soda water with lemon and/or lime.
c. Low calorie beer.
d. Low alcohol wine.
e. Vodka and orange juice.
f. Fried shrimp with shrimp sauce.
g. Peanuts.
h. Shrimp cocktail with shrimp sauce.
i. Vegetables on the vegetable tray.
j. Crackers with dip.

Answers

1. C is your best choice. A contains too many carbohydrate foods. B contains waffles – a high carb food. Powdered sugar is another high carb food. Syrup is like a straight IV of sugar into the bloodstream.

2. A is your best answer. The carbohydrates are well balanced in this meal. Although the salad contains maple syrup walnuts, there are very few of them to add a lot of carbohydrates. The pizza is a high carbohydrate food; the flour has a high Glycemic Index and the cheese is another carbohydrate. The sandwich may seem like a good choice; however, whole wheat bread has a Glycemic Index of 77 and will cause an insulin reaction that will raise triglycerides. The French fries in the meal don’t help the matter at all either.

3. B is your best answer. When potatoes or rice are cold, their starch is broken down a lot slower in the body than if they are freshly cooked. However, this doesn’t mean you can still eat a lot of them! Limit them. A baked potato has a Glycemic Index greater than 85 and will cause a rapid rise in blood sugar, followed by high insulin levels and then high triglycerides.

4. Your best answer is D or B.

5. Your best answer is B. Coconut flour is considered a fat, not a carbohydrate. The little bit of honey in the cookie will be offset by the fat. Cookies made from whole wheat flour will have a high Glycemic Index. Cookies that are gluten-free also tend to have a high Glycemic Index.

6. The best answers are A, B, G, H, and I.

Author

This article was written for Insights-on-Health.com in Nov 2013 by Dr Donna Schwontkowski. Reversing health disorders is easier when principles of natural healing are used. Dr Donna is a retired chiropractor with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in nutrition and a master’s in herbology. She has over 25 years experience working with thousands of patients to reverse their health conditions. Read more about her here.

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