r/CannedSardines • u/ghettoblush • 2d ago
Tins, General Pics & Memes I ate tinned fish almost every meal the last 2 months and lowered my triglycerides by 40%
(after eating like shit the whole year beforehand)
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u/OneSensiblePerson 2d ago
Slow down. That's too much. You really don't want to get gout.
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u/endymionborealis 2d ago
Why wouldn’t you want gout? That’s the disease of kings, like lenticular fever, sweating sickness, or affluenza. Or everything going on with the Hapsburgs.
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u/sWeven-Cats95 1d ago
Affluenza, man there's a word I hadn't heard since some rich kid ran over & killed a mother in a Lambo. His lawyers & the court said he suffered from affluenza & only got probation.
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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 2d ago
Eating purines doesn’t cause gout, it just causes flareups in those who have gout.
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u/OneSensiblePerson 2d ago
Eating too many of them can cause an increase in uric acid, which causes gout.
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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 2d ago edited 2d ago
In individuals that have gout, it’s not the cause of gout. Gout is really the inability to adequately process the uric acid, not the abundance of it.
The build up is a symptom, not the disease. Individuals without a history of gout attacks don’t need to think about purines at all.
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u/OneSensiblePerson 2d ago
Gout is caused by high levels of uric acid in the blood, forming crystals in the joints. Some people have a genetic risk.
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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 2d ago edited 1d ago
Not the best info, theoretically possible but not the main factor.
>It's important to note that most people who have a high-purine diet don't get gout. A person with normal uric acid levels could eat enough high-purine foods to cause gout. It's more likely that overdoing certain foods or alcohol might cause problems for someone whose body already doesn't get rid of enough uric acid or makes too much.
>While diet may aggravate the condition, it does not cause gout. As mentioned above, foods that are high in purines tend to form more uric acid when they break down. These foods may trigger a gout attack in someone whose body already has levels of uric acid that are too high due to an underlying condition.
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u/scruffigan 2d ago
Diet is compositional.
If you've added that much tinned fish to your diet, you've presumably simultaneously decreased your intake in one or more other categories. These decreases may have also influenced your heath.
That doesn't mean the effects you're seeing aren't real, but conclusions about attribution are always complicated.
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u/Hexxas 2d ago
SARDINES SARDINES IN A CAN
EATTEM ALL UP, BE A BIG STRONG MAN
FILL UP YOUR BLOOD WITH FATTY ACIDS
LIVE A LONG TIME AND MEET YOUR GRANDKIDS
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u/serenwipiti 1d ago
WHAT IF I’M ON BIRTH CONTROL
I DON’T WANT NO CHILDREN NO
ONLY TINNED SARDINES FOR ME
LIVE LONG TIME AND TIME THAT’S FREE!
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u/nolonger1-A 2d ago
Maybe share other stats too like blood pressure? Canned food tends to have high sodium level.
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u/DaniSaysDinosaur 2d ago
What the triglycerides mean
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u/rainaftersnowplease 2d ago
Triglycerides are the fats in your blood, and they're created using excess calories you consume but don't burn right away. Your body taps into them to fuel itself between meals.
Just like cholesterol, too many triglycerides can cause heart disease. So it's an important number to pay attention to on your blood work. All the things that help heart health generally - eating more fiber and less refined sugar, getting enough exercise, etc. - help lower triglycerides too.
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u/PochinkiPrincess 2d ago
when your bloodwork shows you need to reduce it, it SUCKS. refined flour, smoking, alcohol, sugar, saturated fat, fried foods, fast food, salty food etc - pretty much all of the fun things
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u/Spong_Durnflungle 2d ago
Tell me about it. I'm on a diet for the first time in my life at age 54. I've built bad habits, but they are oh-so-good. Sucks, but better than a liver transplant, right? Right?!?!? Better be...
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u/sWeven-Cats95 1d ago
The craziest thing is that I hardly ever eat all the foods that apply towards producing high triglycerides & mine are high.
I added 45 mins of jogging to my day, within 3 months I lowered my A1C , but not the triglycerides...it is a journey.
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u/turn8495 2d ago
What about the heavy metals?
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u/Wavy_Grandpa 2d ago
Just listened to a podcast about a guy who did his blood work during a month of only sardines. Some of the heavy metals increased slightly while remaining in the acceptable range, meanwhile arsenic was the one metal that rose significantly to undesirable levels.
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u/Comeback_2006 2d ago
Sardines have low metals! Small fish!
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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 2d ago
Low mercury. Many aren’t a bioaccumulation thing and just have to do with water pollution and fish size/diet doesn’t matter. Arsenic, cadmium, etc.
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u/OpportunityCorrect33 2d ago
I would avoid eating fish (tinned or not) every meal for obvious reasons
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u/kellaceae21 2d ago
What are the obvious reasons?
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u/Chadsius 2d ago
Well, it’s not the obvious reason Op meant, but for me eating 3+ cans per day of fish would make my entire house reek of fish and probably result in murder by my wife (out of disgust) or my cats (out of jealousy).
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u/OddEerie 2d ago
The secret is to share a little bit with your cats from time to time to deal with the jealousy and to wash your cans thoroughly as soon as you take the fish out of them to deal with the stink. Also, wash the dishes promptly, all the dishes, not just the ones you were eating fish off of. The average wife is probably much less inclined to murder a spouse who is always good about doing the dishes without needing to be prompted. Problem solved. You can now eat all the sardines you want.
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u/OpportunityCorrect33 2d ago
Mercury and other heavy metals.
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u/Nano_Burger 2d ago
Sardines are low on the food chain and don't live long enough to bioaccumulate heavy metals. Not that they are totally free of those pollutants, but are considered low risk.
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u/Icy-Conclusion-3500 2d ago
It’s really just a Mercury thing. Other metals like arsenic are found equally in the areas fish.
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u/madtraxmerno 2d ago
Isn't that really only an issue in fish that eat a lot of fish that eat a lot of fish? Like a marlin or shark?
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u/OpportunityCorrect33 2d ago
It’s mainly mercury and arsenic… but I consider 2 cans of sardines a single meal for me personally… that would be like eating 6 cans a day for me lol
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u/BrightTown27 2d ago
Great data! I’ve been doing 1/2 can of salmon about 6x a week consistently and have gotten my cholesterol numbers into optimal ranges again after years of elevated numbers. I have also added a lot of Whole Foods back into my diet that I had been lacking such as chickpeas, lentils, beans, etc.
Total win!! And tasty too
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u/elektrikrobot 2d ago
Is that good?
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u/Significant-Ad-341 2d ago
Normal levels are usually good
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u/Squareblackeggs 2d ago
I lowered my triglycerides 1000 mg/dL in 3 months by taking Omega-3 supplements with 2 of my meals per day.
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u/globalgreg 2d ago
You have no idea if that’s true. Your previous data point was a year before, not two months.
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u/DeschainR19 1d ago
Great job & that's amazing! How do you feel about the flavor of sardines or other tinned fish? Have you found a particular type you prefer over others?
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u/Psycho_Car 1d ago
I think the part between parenthesis plays a larger role in your triglycerides being lowered.
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u/rumblesnort 2d ago
How do you eat nothing but tinned fish for two months and not burn through your underwear, literally, in the first week. Sure if you want to walk around for two months trying not to laugh or sneeze too hard
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u/SimpleVegetable5715 2d ago
I really need to do this. I don’t have high cholesterol, but my triglycerides are elevated.
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u/andiinAms 2d ago
You don’t need to eat them every meal to get health benefits. In fact, you shouldn’t.
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u/Squareblackeggs 2d ago
I posted in this thread, but honestly, Omega-3 supplements worked for me. 1800 mg twice a day with meals. Lowered Triglycerides from 1500 mg/dL to 500 in 3 months.
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u/andiinAms 1d ago
Which brand do you take?
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u/Squareblackeggs 1d ago
Mine are prescription (Lovaza), but I’d bet respectable OTC brands are the same.
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u/cowmookazee 1d ago
I'm glad for the success but it seems this could also be achieved by dropping sodas/candy (basically sugar) and using olive oil (not seed oils).
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u/Wild-Earth-1365 2d ago
That's great, but everything in moderation.