This topic seems to be a real blind spot in my understanding of metabolism.
Until now, I thought that the reason oxidation of glucose was the optimal, because it yielded the most ATP. But I'm not sure if that's accurate.
Why is lipolysis so bad? Or rather, why is restoring oxidative metabolism preferable to lipolysis?
From what I've read, lipolysis seems to produce a lot of ATP, at least in terms of molecule count
Glycolysis (1 glocose molecule) = 2 ATP
Full oxidative phosphorylation (1 glocose molecule) = 30-38 ATP
Lipolysis (1 fat molecule) = 120 ATP
Is this total number offset by mass? Or is there another reason that oxidative metabolism is superior (e.g. production of CO2)?
Until now, I thought that the reason oxidation of glucose was the optimal, because it yielded the most ATP. But I'm not sure if that's accurate.
Why is lipolysis so bad? Or rather, why is restoring oxidative metabolism preferable to lipolysis?
From what I've read, lipolysis seems to produce a lot of ATP, at least in terms of molecule count
Glycolysis (1 glocose molecule) = 2 ATP
Full oxidative phosphorylation (1 glocose molecule) = 30-38 ATP
Lipolysis (1 fat molecule) = 120 ATP
Is this total number offset by mass? Or is there another reason that oxidative metabolism is superior (e.g. production of CO2)?