Understanding Triglycerides

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Understanding Triglycerides JoAnn Guest Nov 05, 2002 11:55 PST

 

Understanding Triglycerides

 

Whenever cholesterol is discussed, knowledgeable people also talk about

triglycerides.

 

*Triglycerides* are *chemicals* produced in the process of

converting excess *processed sugars* and *carbohydrates* into stored body fat

and are linked to

heart disease.

 

Blood triglyceride levels increase when you eat processed refined carbohydrates,

products made with *white* sugar and high fructose corn syrup. It is found

mainly in cookies, cake, candy, in fact, anything

made with refined white sugar and flour. Even fruit juice sweetened with

processed refined sugars and/or high fructose corn syrup may pose a problem.

 

Serum

triglyceride levels from 70 to 150 mg/dl blood are considered optimal by

many health oriented physicians.

 

 

Excess sugar is converted in the body to nonessential fatty acids

(glycogen stores) and cholesterol.

 

Individuals who consumed 30 percent

of their total calories from sugar –which is a little more than the

average- in the American diet –

 

developed significantly higher levels of

cholesterol and *triglycerides* in their blood than the control subjects

in the experiment.

 

 

 

Sweet and Dangerous

 

Many authorities, including the biochemist and researcher

 

John Yudkin,

M.D., Ph. D, author of five books including “Sweet and Dangerous”,

states that *triglyceride* levels are an important factor in predicting

the likelihood of an individual developing a heart attack. Both

triglycerides and LDL cholesterol contribute to heart disease

potential.”

 

Dr. Yudkin blames processed sugar consumption for increased heart disease in the

industrialized nations, and has a great deal of research to back up his

claim.

 

He contends that sugar is not only a cause,

 

but the main cause.

 

 

An article in “The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition” reported that

the most consistent data dealing with diet and high *triglyceride* levels

concerns refined *processed* sugar.

 

When processed sugar is *withheld*, triglyceride levels fall. Diets

high in complex carbohydrates such as organic whole grain cereals, sprouted

grain breads,

vegetables, nuts and seeds do not have the same effect.”

 

Obesity can lead to mild elevated triglycerides. However,

other situations that can lead to high triglyceride levels include

 

 

alcohol abuse and the use of certain drugs, some

 

diuretics, oral contraceptives, products containing female hormones, Acutane (an

acne drug),and some drugs used in treating heart conditions.”

 

Vitamins have primarily a regulatory effect. They lower blood

factors only when necessary. Vitamins and other trace minerals help to decrease

total cholesterol,

harmful LDL cholesterol, and *triglycerides*,

 

and it increases good HDL

cholesterol.

 

 

 

 

Deposits of Plaque and Vitamins

 

 

These researchers believe that the deposit of plaque on the arterial

walls is something of a desperate *defense* reaction on the part of the

body. The arterial wall, having become fragile because of vitamin deficiency

needs to be repaired from the inside.

 

In depositing plaque

and other clotting factors, the body is attempting to strengthen or

build up the walls that have weakened.

 

 

 

Hardened fats and refined sugars increase the amount of *oxidation* in the body,

resulting in

greater amounts of *free-radicals* roving around in your body.

 

To fight

these free radicals, consume many antioxidants such as vitamin E, C, A,

beta-carotene, selenium, grape seed extract and/or pine bark extract

(Pycnogenol). We need better overall nutrition, and must eliminate white

sugar, overly processed foods, high fat dairy products, chemical preservatives,

white fat on

meats and hydrogenated, hardened fats in margarines, snacks and

desserts.

 

Jean Carper, in " Food Your Miracle Medicine "

 

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