Bob Jordan offers the following royalty-free article for you to publish online or in print. Feel free to use this article in your newsletter, website, ezine, blog, or forum. ----------- PUBLICATION GUIDELINES - You have permission to publish this article for free providing the "About the Author" box is included in its entirety. - Do not post/reprint this article in any site or publication that contains hate, violence, porn, warez, or supports illegal activity. - Do not use this article in violation of the US CAN-SPAM Act. If sent by email, this article must be delivered to opt-in subscribers only. - If you publish this article in a format that supports linking, please ensure that all URLs and email addresses are active links. - Please send a copy of the publication, or an email indicating the URL to [email protected] - Content Crooner (www.ContentCrooner.com) has distributed this article on behalf of the author. Content Crooner does not own this article, please respect the author's copyright and publication guidelines. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this article. ----------- Article Title: What Is a Triglyceride Author: Bob Jordan Category: Diseases and Conditions, Nutrition, Wellness Word Count: 413 Keywords: triglycerides, cholesterol, blood pressure Author's Email Address: [email protected] Article Source: http://www.contentcrooner.com ------------------ ARTICLE START ------------------
In addition to your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, there is another possibly detrimental health risk that every individual should monitor i.e. your triglyceride levels. Once you have high levels of triglycerides, a type of fat discovered in your blood, you run the risk of getting any of the many known types of heart disease. However triglyceride levels can be decreased by making healthier lifestyle choices. A fairly straightforward blood test can show you whether your triglycerides fall within a healthy range. * Normal - Less than 150 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) (less than 1.7 mmol/L) * Borderline high - 150 to 199 mg/dL (1.8 to 2.2 mmol/L) * High - 200 to 499 mg/dL (2.3 mmol/L to 5.6 mmol/L) * Very high - 500 mg/dL or above (5.7 mmol/L or above) Your doctor may check for high triglycerides as part of a test known as a lipid panel or lipid profile which concurrently checks your cholesterol levels. You should not eat for nine to 12 hours before doing this test to ensure greater accuracy of the triglyceride measurement. Triglycerides and cholesterol are two distinctly different types of fats or as they are refered to medically, lipids, that circulate constantly within your blood. Triglycerides are responsible for providing your body with the needed energy for daily activities, and cholesterol is essential to the process of building cells and specific hormones. Because triglycerides and cholesterol are insoluble in blood, they circulate throughout your entire body with the assistance of proteins that are used to transport these lipids, which are called lipoproteins. It is not fully clear how high triglycerides may promote the hardening of the arteries or thickening of the artery walls or as it is called atherosclerosis which increases the risk of stroke, heart attack and heart disease. However high triglycerides are generally a sign of other conditions that increase the risk of heart disease and stroke as well, including obesity and the metabolic syndrome which is a cluster of conditions that includes too much fat around the waist, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, high blood sugar and abnormal cholesterol levels. In some instances high triglycerides are a sign of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes, low levels of thyroid hormones or hypothyroidism, liver or kidney disease, or rare genetic conditions that may affect how your body uses fats to produce energy. High triglycerides are sometimes influenced by taking medications including: beta blockers, birth control pills, diuretics, steroids or the breast cancer drug tamoxifen. Please visit this link for more information on What Are Triglycerides: http://www.quemark.com/what-are-triglycerides.html and this link for information on What Are Carbohydrates: http://www.quemark.com/what-are-carbohydrates.html. Distributed by http://www.ContentCrooner.com ------------------ ARTICLE END ------------------ [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
