He told me to cut out booze and sweets . Triglycerides are a fat found in your blood. It is a fat similar to cholesterol . A diet to lower cholesterol limits egg yolks and fatty meats. A diet to lower triglycerides omits alcohol and sugar.
Alcohol is absorbed through the lining of the stomach.
It shuts off your liver from releasing sugar into your bloodstream. Since sugar is your main fuel, the body must turn to the next readily available fuel, blood fats. However, the calories from alcohol are turned into fat, so the fat levels in your blood go up. Simple sugars like sugar, candy, pop and desserts seem to be the most readily available in stimulating triglyceride production. Complex carbohydrates like starch and cereal grains seem to have a lowering effect on triglycerides.