Very high triglycerides can be caused by poor diet and not enough exercise. You may also have inherited very high triglycerides from a parent. Your doctor will tell you how to manage your triglycerides. If your weight is higher than what is considered healthy, losing even 5 pounds may help lower your triglycerides.
WORD likes it un-hyphenated but I don't. Long-term should be hyphenated but longtime should not be hyphenated, at least until a few more decades pass and the grammatical rules for the use of hyphens either relax or fade away. Here is part of an erudite commentary on this subject:
1 Even working an additional part-time job into a full-time work schedule is difficult. 2  Thâ¦. 3  How and When to Hyphenate Words Hyphens are another form of punctuation that is often misused. 4  Not to be confused with a dash, the hyphen key looks like a single short line (-).es. Full-time is the 'opposite' of part-time. As two words it tends to refer to the end of the playing period of a football game-full time as opposed to half time. 2 people found this useful.