Triglycerides are literally oil. Our liver makes it. Together with different types of cholesterol, triglycerides are tested to assess the risk of heart and vascular disease.
In fact, triglycerides themselves do not damage blood vessels. In the blood, triglycerides travel in rather large globules called chylomicrons. We discussed them in history about fat digestion.
These are such plump balls, which, unlike bad cholesterol, cannot penetrate the artery wall and accumulate in the form of plaques. Harmless.
All is good, but triglycerides still increase our chances of getting a stroke or heart attack. Moreover, it is not clear through what place. It is believed that it is not the plump chylomicrons themselves that harm, but their fragments.
Sometimes, due to hereditary characteristics, there are so many triglycerides in the blood that the blood becomes like milk. This is bad.
Pancreatitis
If there are too many triglycerides in the blood, then you can get yourself acute pancreatitis and melt the pancreas.
And here the same trick works as with a heart attack. That is, it is not the plump triglycerides themselves that spoil everything. At first, they roll over to caustic fatty acids, which already irritate the pancreas.
What to do
Eat less sweets. Suddenly? Yeah. Triglycerides rise not from fat, but from sweet. Our liver instantly makes triglycerides from sugar. We just discussed that after fasting glucose goes to create fat in the liver itself.
That is, triglycerides in the blood increase not from eating fat, but from sugar and some drugs. An interesting nuance.
What about your sweets?
