Fat is stored in
• Fat is stored as Triglycerides
• Fatty Acids are burned for fuel
• Fat enters and exits the fat cells as fatty acids
• Inside the fat cell, fatty acids continually cycle into triglycerides and back out again• We burn fatty acids for fuel because they can fit in the membrane
• Once they get in, fatty acids are joined with glycerol
• The reason we store fat is because the triglycerides are too big to get out of the fat cell
• Hormones in the cell break down triglycerides into fatty acids - If more fatty acids go into the cell than leave, we get fatter
- Anything that moves fatty acids into the cell makes us fatter, vice versa... What controls that?