The Complete Guide to Fasting: Heal Your Body Through Intermittent, Alternate-Day, and Extended Fasting

by Jason Fung

When glycogen stores in the liver are full, the liver starts converting excess carbohydrates into triglycerides instead. These triglycerides are then exported out of the liver as very low density lipoprotein (VLDL). VLDL is used to form LDL.