Triglycerides are a type of blood fat. Triglycerides store energy for future use and are very important in a healthy functioning of your body. However, like any fat, too much is not a good thing and leads to an increased risks of cardiovascular disease.
Triglycerides are our main source of energy and come from two sources: what we eat and what is produced by the liver, for future use.
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In the UK, we screen for many different conditions. This starts before we are even born when foetuses are screened for conditions such as Down’s syndrome then, in the new born period, babies are screened for metabolic diseases and hearing problems, school children are screened for colour blindness, and in adulthood we are screened for breast cancer, cervical cancer, and bowel cancer. But we don’t screen for prostate cancer despite the existence of a simple blood test that can alert us to the possibility of the disease.
Why not?
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