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Like a Traffic Jam
Why do people with diabetes or pre-diabetes often have high cholesterol?
When blood sugar runs high — or even slightly high in pre-diabetes — the body tries to store that extra sugar. And it does it in the most old-fashioned way possible:
1. Insulin stops working well → liver makes more fat
When cells ignore insulin, sugar can’t get inside. The liver steps in and says, “Fine, I’ll turn this into fat instead.”
That fat becomes triglycerides, and triglycerides pull LDL (“bad” cholesterol) up with them.
2. Sugar damages cholesterol particles
Extra sugar “rusts” LDL particles. They become small, sticky, and dangerous — the kind that clog arteries.
The body responds by pumping out more LDL to compensate.
3. Insulin resistance slows cholesterol cleanup
Normally, HDL (“good” cholesterol) helps clean up excess fat.
But insulin resistance dulls HDL’s broom — cleanup slows → cholesterol builds up.
4. Liver gets overloaded. The liver becomes a busy traffic circle of sugar-to-fat conversion.
More fat inside the liver = more cholesterol in the bloodstream.
The nutshell:
High sugar → insulin resistance → liver makes more fat → cholesterol rises.
Like a traffic jam started by sugar, ending with LDL and triglycerides stuck on the highway 🚗🔒
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Like a Traffic Jam
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