Blood test

Last week I had my first non-pregnancy-related blood tests since I was in college at Berkeley, which was a long time ago. Most things are fine, except that my Vitamin D is a tad low (as it is for nearly everyone living in places like Oregon), and my triglycerides are high. That's a nuisance, since I only eat meat three or four times a week, almost never eat fried foods, never eat ice cream and other fat-rich sweets, and don't drink.

So... time to cut back on butter and cheese and eggs, I guess. Since I have hypoglycemia, I eat five or six meals a day, always with protein, and cheese is very handy for that. I wonder how quickly I'll get tired of smoked salmon and hummus - the other quick-fix protein foods I like. Oh well.

(When my dad was a bit older than I am, he had high triglycerides and his doctor wanted to put him on medication or something. My dad said, "Don't worry, I'll fix it," and he stopped eating Haagen-Dazs ice cream bars, and it did indeed fix it. But I don't eat ice cream bars.)

On the other hand, my triglycerides are high assuming a fasting blood test, and medical science doesn't have guidelines for interpreting a non-fasting blood test. And I don't fast (see above, hypoglycemia). So who knows? Better safe than sorry, though.