Knowing what carbohydrate foods are beneficial to you and understanding triglycerides is a very important part of the effective management of your diabetes.
This process of working out the right carbohydrate foods that are suited to your individual needs is the hardest and most time consuming, however, once you get it all worked out you will be able to enjoy the benefits it has to offer you in the way of good health.
Triglycerides are known as having high blood fats.
Unfortunately having high levels of blood fats is a common occurrence in people that have pre-diabetes or diabetes.
The most common reason for this is due to diet and lifestyle factors.
Unusual levels of blood fats are mostly common with low levels of HDL cholesterol and high triglycerides.
Understanding triglycerides is essential for you as a diabetic when working out your diabetes diet plan to know which carbohydrate foods are good for you.
Following is a brief description of blood fats to help you to understand triglycerides:

• Triglycerides - this is known as another type of fat that is linked to the risk of developing heart disease.
  If you have too much triglyceride is often connected to having a small amount of HDL cholesterol (high density lipoprotein).
  The main cause of this is from being overweight or obese.
  Diabetics should look to keeping their triglyceride level under 1.
  7 mmol/L so that they can avoid the risk of cardiovascular disease
• HDL Cholesterol (high density lipoprotein) is known as the good cholesterol, the reason being that the higher levels of HDL actually protect you against strokes and heart attacks.
  HDL takes any excess cholesterol from your blood and passes it through to the liver where it is eliminated from your body
• LDL Cholesterol (low density lipoprotein) is the major form of cholesterol in the blood and is the one that does most of the damage to your blood vessels.
  Having too much LDL cholesterol in your blood will slowly build up in the walls of your blood vessels that feeds vital organs like your heart and brain and these can cause strokes or heart attacks

Following is a list of recommended levels for people with diabetes so that understanding triglycerides is made easier:

• Your total cholesterol should be less than 5.
  1 mmol/L
• Your triglycerides should be less than 1.
  7 mmol/L
• Your HDL cholesterol for women should be greater than 1.
  3 mmol/L
• Your HDL cholesterol for men should be great than 1.
  0 mmol/L
• Your LDL cholesterol should be less than 2.
  5 mmol/L

Understanding triglycerides and how they affect your carbohydrate foods is vital information that you need to know so that you can manage your diabetes effectively and achieve optimum health.