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  2. Fatty acid metabolism - Wikipedia

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    In catabolism, fatty acids are metabolized to produce energy, mainly in the form of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). When compared to other macronutrient classes (carbohydrates and protein), fatty acids yield the most ATP on an energy per gram basis, when they are completely oxidized to CO 2 and water by beta oxidation and the citric acid cycle. [2]

  3. Lipolysis - Wikipedia

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    In the body, stores of fat are referred to as adipose tissue. In these areas, intracellular triglycerides are stored in cytoplasmic lipid droplets. When lipase enzymes are phosphorylated, they can access lipid droplets and through multiple steps of hydrolysis, breakdown triglycerides into fatty acids and glycerol. Each step of hydrolysis leads ...

  4. Lipid metabolism - Wikipedia

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    Lipid metabolism is often considered the digestion and absorption process of dietary fat; however, there are two sources of fats that organisms can use to obtain energy: from consumed dietary fats and from stored fat. [5] Vertebrates (including humans) use both sources of fat to produce energy for organs such as the heart to function. [6]

  5. Lipogenesis - Wikipedia

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    In biochemistry, lipogenesis is the conversion of fatty acids and glycerol into fats, or a metabolic process through which acetyl-CoA is converted to triglyceride for storage in fat. [1] Lipogenesis encompasses both fatty acid and triglyceride synthesis , with the latter being the process by which fatty acids are esterified to glycerol before ...

  6. Fatty acid synthesis - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, the human body stores only about 400 g (0.9 lb) of glycogen, of which 300 g (0.7 lb) is locked inside the skeletal muscles and is unavailable to the body as a whole. The 100 g (0.2 lb) or so of glycogen stored in the liver is depleted within one day of starvation. [ 11 ]

  7. Triglyceride - Wikipedia

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    Triglycerides are the main constituents of body fat in humans and other vertebrates as well as vegetable fat. [2] They are also present in the blood to enable the bidirectional transference of adipose fat and blood glucose from the liver and are a major component of human skin oils. [3] Many types of triglycerides exist.

  8. Can the 'coffee loophole' keep your hunger at bay?

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    MCTs are chains of fatty acids that the body digests and converts into energy faster than long-chain triglycerides (fats) due to the way they are shaped. Evidence suggests MCT oil may enhance fat ...

  9. Ketogenesis - Wikipedia

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    When the body has excess carbohydrates available, some glucose is fully metabolized, and some of it is stored in the form of glycogen or, upon citrate excess, as fatty acids (see lipogenesis). Coenzyme A is recycled at this step. When the body has no free carbohydrates available, fat must be broken down into acetyl-CoA in order to get energy.