ShareTweetPinEmailDespite research repeatedly showing that eating fat, including saturated fat, is not harmful when restricting carbs simultaneously, there is still a lot of fatphobia lingering. This goes all the way back to the flawed research by Dr. Ansel Keys in the mid-twentieth century and the low-fat recommendations that followed. I cannot count how many times I’ve been asked if I was not worried about my triglycerides and cholesterol while following a ketogenic diet and whether I’m taking blood tests regularly. And yes, I do test my triglycerides and cholesterol levels at least yearly and they are perfect every year, after now seven years on a ketogenic diet. So how does a ketogenic diet affect triglycerides and is there something to worry about? What Are Triglycerides? Triglycerides are the main constituents of body fat in vertebrates (including humans) and in vegetable fat. A triglyceride, also called a triacylglycerol or triacylglyceride, is a chemical compound in which a glycerol molecule and three fatty acid molecules are bound together by ester bonds. The fatty acids bound to the glycerol molecule can be … Continue reading How Does Keto Affect Triglycerides?