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Thanks Zum. The good doctor knows what he's talking about. I particularly like what he said about TG:

"“High triglycerides latch onto HDL and LDL lipoproteins, turning them into oily, greasy, appetizing particles voraciously consumed by hungry enzymes called lipases (hepatic and endothelial lipases to be exact). Once lipases devour these LDL and HDL particles, they shrink in size, producing the smaller and dangerous type B LDL.”

“Triglycerides over 150 mg/dL and especially over 200 mg/dL are strongly associated with more dangerous type B LDL. Ignore the outdated ‘normal’ reference range on most standard lab reports that make 150 or 200 mg/dL the cutoff, and instead aim for a goal level of less than 100 mg/dL,” Sinha says.

“High triglycerides have become so common in South Asians that I once had a physician colleague tell me that he doesn’t worry unless the triglyceride level peaks at over 300! I call this high triglyceride desensitization. Just because high triglycerides are common, doesn’t mean such numbers are safe.”

Sinha puts forward a “metabolic 6-pack” of steps for people to follow to lower their risk of heart disease.

They are: 1) trim waist circumferences to less than 35 inches in males and 31 inches in females; 2) drop triglyceride levels to less than 100 mg/dL; 3) raise HDL cholesterol above 40 mg/dL for males and above 50 mg/dL for females; 4) reduce systolic blood pressure (the top number) at or below 120 and diastolic blood pressure (the bottom number) at or below 100 mg/dL; 5) decrease fasting blood glucose below 100mg/dL; and 6) get hs-CRP (highly sensitive C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation) below 1.0 mg/dL.
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Dr. Ronesh Sinha, the author of “The South Asian Health Solution,” says that insulin resistance “is the predominant cause of heart disease and related conditions in South Asians.”