High Triglycerides-Home Treatment Diet and lifestyle changes can help lower your triglycerides. For example:

• Lose weight and stay at a healthy weight. Triglycerides are stored as fat in your tissues and muscles.
• Eat fewer calories. Excess calories are converted to triglycerides.
• Limit high-calorie foods and carbohydrate, especially high-sugar foods such as cookies, soda, and fruit juices.
• Limit unhealthy fats in your diet, especially saturated fat and trans fats.
• Choose a heart-healthy eating plan.
• Limit alcohol, which has a strong effect on triglycerides.
• Be active on most days of the week. Try to do moderate activity at least 2½ hours a week. Or try to do vigorous activity at least 1¼ hours a week.
• Stop smoking. See the topic Quitting Smoking for information on how to quit.

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