Food and drink - Nutrition basics - Triglycerides - Dietary fats
What are triglycerides?
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Triglycerides are the most common form of fat in foods and in the body. A triglyceride consists of one glycerol molecule with three fatty acids attached to it. The body can use triglycerides as an energy source and store excess energy as triglycerides in adipose tissue.
A triglyceride consists of glycerol and three fatty acids.
