How long for triglycerides levels to change after eating? page

[Jen AlcesAlces]

Long story short, I ate a snickers bars today. Not a mini or fun size, but a regular size. (yes, very stupid). Immediate sugar rush, it tasted sickeningly sweet, but I ate it all. Then my doctor's office called to ask if I could come in for the cholesterol test I had asked for, in just 1 hour. So i did, and my test results came back as follows.
Total Chol: 194
HDL: 48
TRG: 187
LDL: 109

I calculated my ratios, and the trig/HDL is pretty bad.

Just as history, I have struggled with my screwed up relationship to food, and finally feel like I'm kicking that. Keeping my "cheats" minimal, and usually just a little fruit or small piece of chocolate. I eat around 75-125g of carbs per day due to my thyroid issues, and have pretty consistent with that for the past 6 weeks or so.

So I'm wondering, is this high trig level due to my lapse in judgment today, or is it indicative of my diet being bad as a whole? Is it worth it to go back for a fasted test?Thoughts? Any advice (or even a kick in the pants) is welcome. Thanks!

[Griff]

Probably due to the lapse in judgment. Go back in a few weeks after you have avoided the carbs for a while and see what the trigs look like.

[peril]

Lipid tests when not fasted are useless

[Jen AlcesAlces]

Thanks for your responses... Makes sense that a non-fasted test has too many variables to be useful. Guess I had google overload after searching for info and wanted to hear from folks who know what they're talking about. Thanks again!

[Jen AlcesAlces]

I finally went back & was retested... fasted this time.

10/5/2011 Results:
Total Chol: 210
HDL: 61
TRG: <45
LDL: n/a*

Doctor said because Trigs are so low, difficult for the machine to calculate my LDL. I did some calculations, assuming my Trigs are approx 45... although they could be lower, who knows.
They come out like this:
LDL = 106.7 (Iranian)
Total/HDL = 3.44 (ideal = 4.4 or below)
Trig/HDL = .74 (ideal = 2 or below)
LDL/HDL = 1.75 (ideal = 4.3 or below)

Much better... even my doctor (very CW-oriented) said that my numbers are excellent, don't change a thing.

Thanks again to Mark & all the folks here on PB for all your wisdom and advice... I am reclaiming my health one step at a time.

[jay_fm]

That is great! I love reading what this way of eating has done for people.

[IcarianVX]

Great stuff Jen. Wonder why the doctor would have you come in non-fasted. Unless you ate a Snickers at 6AM and they though you hadn't eaten yet.

[Chefgerry]

Don't worry about it, let alone analyze it.