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RE: Powerhouse of the cell, Episode 3 : Storing Extra Carbohydrates, Can extra carbs really increase Fat in your body?
Yes, fat!! Fat, more specifically triglyceride are extremely compact molecule and are completely insoluble in water
If i remember correctly ea molecule of fat actually needs 3 molecules of water or is it the other way around? every time we synthesize fat we release 3 molecules of water? my biochemistry lectures were so long ago that i don't remember it anymore
Regardless of that, great post, i knew how to create glycogen but i didn't know all the steps that we took, in my biochemistry we stepped right from glucose entered and we created glycogen....
You should have mentioned where we had our main stores of glycogen, i don't think you did... which is in the liver and muscles
You answered this in the next line :
Precisely.
We're letting the water go, not drawing it towards it. Fats are hydrophopic molecules which is why they'll stay away from water. Fats don't dissolve in water, so it won't be pulling water towards itself, thus won't take up as much space as glycogen would.
Yeah that's it! this is what not having biochemistry for 3 years is like xD i forgot so much stuff, only know the basics because gym and physiology!
Haha yeah biochem is like that!! You need to keep revisiting!!
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