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Why can we only metabolise fat if we are also metabolising carbohydrate?
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∙ 9y ago
Why can we only metabolize fat if we are also metabolizing carbohydrate?
The question here seems to assume that in order to metabolize fat one must consume carbohydrate to be metabolized concurrently. This is not true. Fat is actually a preferred fuel source to carbohydrate in terms of intake versus usage in human metabolism. In reality, humans do not need to consume much carbohydrate at all in their diet in terms of pure need. This is due to the fact that the liver produces the vast majority of essential carbohydrates via the process of gluconeogenesis on a daily basis. Fat, on the other hand, must be consumed at least in some quantity in order to provide essential fatty acids that act as necessary components of the metabolic pathways that humans utilize.
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∙ 9y agoFat can be burned as immediate fuel, but it is much harder for the body to store fat from our diet as fat in our cells.
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