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What is Triglycerides?

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Triglycerides

Triglycerides are the most common type of fat in the blood; the body stores extra calories as triglycerides, and high levels raise heart disease risk.

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In plain words

After you eat, your body turns calories it does not need right away into triglycerides and stores them in fat cells.

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Why it matters

Triglycerides often drop with GLP-1 weight loss, and very high levels add to pancreatitis risk.

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Triglycerides are the most common type of fat in the blood; the body stores extra calories as triglycerides, and high levels raise heart disease risk.

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