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Cholesterol management health centre. Triglycerides and lowering triglyceride levels. Good cholesterol, bad cholesterol, saturated fat, and unsaturated fat - sometimes it seems like you need a programme to keep track of all the fatty players in the story of heart disease. In some ways, the molecules called triglycerides are the easiest to understand.
Triglycerides are the most common form of fat in the body and the most common that we digest. They are the main ingredient in vegetable oils and animal fats. The triglyceride molecule is a form of the chemical glycerol (tri=three molecules of fatty acid + glyceride=glycerol) that contains three fatty acids.To be absorbed, these parts are broken apart in the small intestine, and afterwards are reassembled with cholesterol to form chylomicrons. The triglyceride test measures the level of triglycerides in the blood. 2  Fasting for 9 to 12 hours before the triglyceride test is required. 3  Elevated triglyceride levels may be a risk factor for atherosclerosis. 4  Highly elevated triglyceride levels may also cause fatty liver disease and pancreatitis.