Lifestyle choices to improve metabolic health💛🏃➡️🛌🚶♂️➡️🧠🚴♀️
The reason your triglycerides are elevated could be hiding in your daily habits.
They’re influenced by the way your body handles energy, glucose, body fat, and daily lifestyle habits.
Refined carbohydrates and added sugars can increase liver triglyceride production, especially when calorie intake consistently exceeds energy needs.
Poor blood sugar control adds another layer. Insulin resistance can increase the release of fatty acids into the bloodstream while encouraging the liver to produce and package more triglycerides.
Other factors can contribute too 👇
▸ Higher body fat, particularly abdominal fat
▸ Low physical activity
▸ Frequent high-calorie meals
▸ Low fibre intake
▸ Short or poor-quality sleep
▸ Regular or excessive alcohol intake
▸ Low intake of omega-3-rich foods
Some of these factors also interact.
For example, poor sleep can affect appetite regulation and glucose metabolism. Low activity can reduce triglyceride clearance from the bloodstream. Meanwhile, replacing refined carbohydrates with fibre-rich foods and including fatty fish can support a healthier lipid profile.
Triglycerides are one number on a lipid panel, but they can give useful clues about metabolic health when viewed alongside glucose control, waist circumference, HDL-C, LDL-C, and overall dietary pattern.
Better triglyceride management starts with understanding the pattern behind the number.
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Dr David Reiner lives in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
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