Since cells can't use fat directly, the liver
converts dietary fats into ketones, which become the body's fuel source.
Key Insight: A ketogenic diet
converts dietary fats to ketones, not body fats.
The body uses more energy to convert glucose to body fat than
converting dietary fat to body fat.
Xenical diet drugs, also known as Xenical Orlistat, prevent cells from absorbing and / or
converting dietary fat.
In some cases, eczema develops when the body has problems
converting dietary fats into GLA.
As the body ages, it loses its ability to
convert dietary fats into GLA.
As we age, we lose the ability to
convert dietary fats into GLA.
Not exact matches
Dietary fat is
converted more readily to body
fat than is carbohydrate or protein and is the easiest to store in the body, say scientists.
The magic happens in your liver, it
converts this new steady supply of
dietary fats into ketones to fuel your body and brain and in the process, your liver accesses your stored body
fat and burns that as well.
Lipase
converts dietary triglycerides (
fats or lipids) into diglycerides, monoglycerides, fatty acids, and glycerol.
And, insulin
converts almost half of your
dietary carbohydrate to
fat for storage.
Insulin inhibits the action of leptin, the hormone that enables the body to break down
fat and use it for fuel, 35 and also helps
convert larger amounts of
dietary carbohydrate to
fat for storage.36
This is because, when consumed in excess, amino acids will be
converted into glucose which the body burns for energy instead of
dietary fats (5).
Excess
dietary fat is eventually
converted by the liver to ketones.
The Ketogenic Diet is one which promotes ketosis: a state where the body uses
fat as the main energy source instead of carbs, essentially by
converting fat (
dietary or stored) into ketone bodies.
Because our bodies
convert protein and
fat to glucose for energy, there is no specific
dietary requirement for carbohydrate.
Ck — the simple carbs themseslves will not be
converted, BUT any
dietary fat you have consumed that has not yet been
converted WILL be
converted.
Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCT) oil, is a type of saturated
fat that is quickly digested and easily
converted to ketones, compared to other
dietary fat sources.
The reason I'm not too worried is because it's a lot easier for your body to
convert dietary sugars to body
fat than
dietary fats to body
fat.
Carbs are also not
converted as easily to
fat as
dietary fat, which means you can overfeed on carbs for short periods of time and gain slightly less body
fat.
When
dietary carbohydrate is restricted to a level below which it is not significantly
converted to
fat (a threshold that varies from person to person), signs and symptoms of insulin resistance improve or often disappear completely.
A person with insulin resistance will divert a greater proportion of
dietary carbohydrate to the liver where much of it is
converted to
fat (that is, de novo lipogenesis), as opposed to being oxidized for energy in skeletal muscle.30 Although Hellerstein31 has recently reported that de novo lipogenesis contributes only ∼ 20 % of new triglycerides, this greater conversion of
dietary carbohydrate into
fat, much of it entering the circulation as saturated
fat, is a metabolic abnormality that significantly increases risk for diabetes and heart disease.
Without sufficient energy from
dietary fat or carbohydrate,
dietary protein ordinarily used for growth or maintenance of body functions is less efficiently
converted to energy.