Triglycerides are not just about 'overeating': New research project on sleep-time internal environment launched

Toratani Co., Ltd. (Kahoku City, Ishikawa Prefecture) has launched the 'Night Oxygen Flow Project – Phase 2' to clarify the reality of respiratory infrastructure during sleep. As the eighth installment, they are releasing the latest analysis results regarding the structural relationship between triglyceride accumulation and 'nighttime oxygen deficiency.' This analysis organizes the 'upstream factors for people whose triglycerides do not decrease'—which cannot be explained by diet or exercise alone—from the perspectives of respiratory physiology, metabolism, and hypoxic environments. Many people are pointed out for high triglycerides in annual health checkups, yet they do not decrease despite reduced food intake or increased exercise. In fact, there is an 'accumulation process' for triglycerides that cannot be explained by 'overeating.' Fat becomes energy by binding with oxygen. If oxygen is insufficient, combustion stops midway, and the unburned residue affects triglyceride levels the next morning. While nighttime is naturally the time when fat burns the most, oxygen deficiency caused by airway narrowing due to sleeping on one's back or age-related muscle decline can cause the metabolic switch to stop midway. Leveraging their expertise in 3D apparel design, the company is systematizing this 'physics of breathing' through research into bedding that stabilizes respiration.