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Re:Genetic Study Supports Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity by jimrandomh on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:28AM (#16059225)
They turn into glucose and hang out in the blood causing problems until the kidneys filter it out and excrete it.
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Re:Genetic Study Supports Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity by acchow on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @02:52AM (#16059299)
And if the diet is very high in fat? The body will convert the fat to glucose?
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Re:Genetic Study Supports Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity by tzahola on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:05AM (#16059349)
To ketones.
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Re:Genetic Study Supports Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity by randomThoughts9 on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @03:55AM (#16059511)
True is you manage to get into keto. But what happens if you get close, but not quite?
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Re:Genetic Study Supports Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity by tzahola on Wednesday January 03, 2018 @05:28AM (#16059894)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty_acid_metabolism

TL;DR: dietary fatty acids are disassembled and then reassembled into triglycerides which are stored in adipocytes (fat cells) until needed.

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