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Triabolical_ t1_itjoewn wrote

Reply to comment by Acrobatic-Book in Does too much thinking lead our body to burn fat? by aykutd

One correction:

Fatty acids cannot be converted to glucose - if that was possible we likely wouldn't need ketosis as the liver could just convert fat to glucose.

The glycerol that holds fatty acids together as triglycerides can be converted to glucose.

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Acrobatic-Book t1_itk7fvv wrote

Oh true, I remembered that wrong (and makes more sense this way ^^). Thx for the correction :)

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