Understanding Triglycerides

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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 processed 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 non-essential 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. "

http://www.food-for-life.com

 

Obesity can lead to mild elevated triglycerides. However,

other situations that can lead to high triglyceride levels include

caffeine and 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 they tend to increase 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 non-organic dairy products,

chemical preservatives, white fat on

meats and hydrogenated hardened fats in margarines, snacks and

desserts.

Note: Benecol and Take Control margarines contain maximum amounts of

transfats, resulting in high triglyceride levels as well.

 

Jean Carper, in " Food Your Miracle Medicine "

 

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