Hgreen56
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How We Get Fat
wondering if ray opinion is the same...
If carbs and protein are rarely converted to and stored as fat, but can cause fat gain indirectly, wouldn’t a high-carb, high-protein zero fat diet cause zero fat gain?
And the answer is still no. I mentioned above that DNL does not happen in humans under most situations. Severe carbohydrate overfeeding can cause it but that tends to be rare. But one time when DNL is upregulated in humans is when dietary fat intake falls below 10% of total daily calories. Under that condition, carbohydrates can and are converted to fat for storage. You’ll still gain fat.
Because the body is ultimately much smarter than we are. When dietary fat intake is adequate (i.e. 10% of total calories or more), the primate fate of dietary fat is storage and protein and carbohydrates are used for other things. And when dietary fat drops to an extremely low level the body will start converting carbohydrates to fat for storage. It might even start converting protein to fat although I suspect that pathway is still pretty damn inefficient.
wondering if ray opinion is the same...
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