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Are triglycerides a carbohydrate?
No. Fatty acid and glycerol are what makes up a fat molecule with the ester bond.
The largest metabolic reserve for the average adult are stored as?
For the average American adult, stored as fat! Americans have a very large percentage of body fat and this is energy that is just waiting to be burned!
What type of organic compound is Triglycerides?
Glycerol & Fatty acids
What is body fat made of?
Body fat is made up of adipocytes (fat cells) that store triglycerides, a type of fat. These triglycerides are composed of fatty acids and glycerol. Body fat serves as an energy reserve for the body and also plays a role in insulation and protection of organs.
What stores triglycerides?
Triglycerides are stored in adipose tissue, which is the body's main fat storage depot. Excess calories from food are converted into triglycerides and stored in adipose tissue for later energy use.
Most of the fat found in the human body is in the form of what?
triglycerides
What does Fat-Tg stand for?
triglycerides
What type of molecule is Triglycerides?
A fat
What form of fat is carried by lipoproteins?
triglycerides
Another name for a neutral fat is?
Triglycerides
What is the chemical form of fat in foods?
Triglycerides
What is the chemical form in which most fat exists in food as well as in the body is?
Most fat exists in the form of triglycerides in both food and the body. Triglycerides consist of three fatty acids bound to a glycerol molecule. In the body, triglycerides are stored in fat cells as a source of energy.
What nutrient is stored in the vacuole of adipose cells?
The nutrient stored in the vacuole of adipose (fat) cells is triglycerides. Triglycerides are a type of fat that serve as the primary energy reserve in the body.
How much triglycerides does the body hold?
The body can store an almost unlimited number of triglycerides (fat molecules) within its many adipose cells (fat cells).
The majority of fat in the diet should come from?
Triglycerides
What is the chemical compound of a typical animal fat?
triglycerides
Can you eat fat and still lower you triglycerides?
If one has recently been diagnosed with triglycerides, it is not recommended for that person to continue consuming fat. If fat must be consumed, good fat such as avocado or peanut butter would be most ideal.
