Triglyceride Blood
Test
What is triglyceride ?
It is fat havIng 3 fatty acids join to a glycerol
Base.
We know 1gm of fat gives 9 kcalories
1gm carbohydrate gives 4 kcalories
Do you know Lipid profile test
Yes 12 hours fasting is required for the test
Which includes cholesterol good (HDL)
And bad cholesterol (LDL)
Yes but rarely we look at as Test mention in
Lipid Profile called Triglyceride
If the level increase it could be risk factor for
Heart disease stroke pancretic inflammation
Triglyceride increases by fatty food we eat .And our body
Makes it .Also excess sugar in blood first stored in a form of glycogen in liver
But it has definite limit upto which we can store in liver . So sugar gets converted into Triglyceride and store in fat storing cells
Adipose tissue.
When limit gets over The. Sugar is store in form of Triglycerides in adipose tissue .
How to lower excess Triglycerides
Excercise
Avoid sugar
Avoid White wheat flour
Loose weight
Avoid alcohol intake
Include omega 3 fatty acids
Flax seeds
Fish
Avoid meat
Triglyceride Blood Test
12 hours strictly fasting
Only can have water
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