The Claim
Increased energy availability during competition week in physique athletes causes a rapid rise in triglyceride levels across all lipoprotein classes, including HDL, while other cardiometabolic improvements persist, demonstrating that lipoprotein triglycerides are highly responsive to short-term changes in energy intake.
What the research says
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When physique athletes consume more energy during competition week, triglyceride levels rise rapidly in all types of lipoproteins, including HDL, even as other cardiometabolic markers improve, showing that lipoprotein triglycerides quickly respond to short-term increases in energy intake.
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During the competition week, increased energy availability in physique athletes leads to a rapid rise in triglycerides across all lipoprotein classes, including HDL, while other cardiometabolic improvements persist, indicating that lipoprotein triglycerides are highly responsive to short-term energy intake changes.
When calorie intake increases suddenly, the body releases more fat into the blood from the gut and liver. This fat fills up the large fat-carrying particles called VLDL. At the same time, special proteins move triglycerides from these large particles to the smaller good cholesterol particles called HDL. This makes HDL carry more triglycerides, even though the total amount of fat in the blood stays balanced. The body does this quickly because it is responding to the sudden flood of food energy.
What the research says
1 studyWhen physique athletes eat more calories right before a competition, their blood triglycerides quickly go up in all types of fat-carrying particles, even though their 'good' cholesterol stays high — just like the claim says.
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