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Triglycerides
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Triglycerides are fats, or more lipids, the body needs for the formation of structures essential for cells and therefore travel through the bloodstream. Considered a great reservoir of energy for our body. As with cholesterol, the liver is the main factory of triglycerides in our body. It is not often isolated elevation of triglycerides without alteration of other lipids such as cholesterol, but there are familial diseases and dietary changes that can condition an increase in their normal numbers will cause hypertriglyceridemia, with the consequent emergence of pathologies associated with its increase in blood.