Lipids
Cholesterol/triglyceride handling, β-oxidation of fatty acids
This pathway handles how the body packages, transports, and burns fat. Omega-3s lower triglyceride production and shift the lipid profile toward a less atherogenic pattern; niacin (B3) influences cholesterol handling; soluble fiber binds bile acids and drags cholesterol out of the body; and carnitine ferries fatty acids into the mitochondria to be burned. Choline is required to export fat from the liver as VLDL — without it, fat backs up and accumulates, a driver of fatty liver. It's the chemistry sitting directly underneath your cholesterol panel and triglyceride numbers.
How your supplements + diet feed this pathway right now — the cofactors driving it, where the gaps are, and your own lab readouts.
The load-bearing nutrients — if these are deficient, this pathway slows down. Click any to see daily targets, food sources, and supplements that supply it.
Nutrients that contribute to this pathway but aren’t the single load-bearing inputs.
Lab markers that report on how well this pathway is running. When one of these is out of range, this pathway is often where the upstream issue lives.
Save a lab session under My Journey → Biomarkers to see your own values for these.
Pathways that share a load-bearing cofactor with this one.