Surplus fat rapidly increases fat oxidation and insulin resistance in lipodystrophic mice
Objective: Surplus dietary fat cannot be converted into other macronutrient forms or excreted, so has to be stored or oxidized. Healthy mammals store excess energy in the form of triacylgycerol (TAG) in lipid droplets within adipocytes rather than oxidizing it, and thus ultimately gain weight. The ‘...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Molecular Metabolism |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877818303454 |