Conversion of carbohydrate to fat in adipose tissue: an energy-yielding and, therefore, self-limiting process.
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...The question of the energy-yielding conversion of carbohydrate to fat has been addressed in a nice study comparing theoretical and measured yields in adipose tissue, where an energy loss of about 10% is similarly estimated (107)....
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...It appears that upon the conversion between sugar and fat, the ATP balance is positive (107)....
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...These triglycerides either originate from the etherification of free fatty acids following hydrolysis of dietary fats by lipoprotein lipase (LPL) (Mead et al. 2002) or the conversion of glucose via the pentose and malate cycles (Flatt, 1970)....
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...2002) or the conversion of glucose via the pentose and malate cycles (Flatt, 1970)....
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