Triglycerides

Triglycerides drop significantly over the long term with intermittent fasting. Triglycerides are described as far more efficient for energy storage than glycogen. The article asserts that triglyceride stores are functionally unlimited compared with glycogen stores. The article says triglycerides can store approximately 3,840 kcal per pound. During a 2,000 kcal/day water fast, the body is said to burn about 236 grams of body fat per day. Plasma triglycerides remained predictive when analyzed as a continuous variable. Clinical attention in Swedish primary care has narrowed away from triglycerides toward LDL and non-HDL cholesterol. Insulin converts excess dietary carbohydrates into triglycerides via hepatic metabolism. Fat tissue is composed primarily of triglycerides, which are broken down and used as fuel during fasting. Fat is stored as triglycerides composed of three fatty acid chains attached to a glycerol backbone. Triglycerides are the stored form of energy in fat cells, each molecule composed of three fatty acid chains. Triglycerides mobilized during ketosis are actively used as an energy source. Triglycerides can be synthesized from dietary carbohydrates through de novo lip…