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Article: The ignored fat that harms your heart and raises your blood sugar.
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- Women's Health Letter
- Article date:
- April 1, 2006
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I get a lot of phone calls and letters from women who are confused about the results of their blood tests. Ten years ago, most of the confusion was about cholesterol. But most people now understand their cholesterol numbers quite well. The confusion now is over triglycerides.
Most everyone knows that high triglycerides are bad for you. But I've found that a lot of women don't know what triglycerides are or what constitutes high levels. And worse, very few know just how dangerous they are or how to lower them effectively without drugs.
Just like cholesterol, triglycerides are necessary to your health. They are fats your body stores for future energy. We ...