On 6 Sep 96 at 9:08, fatfree-nd@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Harold Day <harold.day@xxxxxxx>
> To: "'Fat Free'" <fatfree@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: A Question
> Date: Fri, 6 Sep 1996 09:08:43 -0500
> The body burns all sources of fuel, fat, glycogen, and protein. The problem
> with eating a day's worth of 1500 calories of fat is that fat is stored
> very easily. No conversion is needed to store fat. With Carb's they are
> converted then stored. The conversion process uses some of the calories in
> the grams of carbs to convert them to fat, but, the excess carbs will still
> be stored as fat.
[...snip...]
FWIW, I researched (at a basic level) the conversion of fats and
carbs to fat. I hate to say this, but I was doing it to prove someone
wrong <gasp, blush>. I found severeal sources (RD's and doctors) who
mentioned that fats are more easily stored as fat than carbs are.
Digging in my memory, I believe one of the books actually mentioned
numbers - something like 3 percent of the calories from fat are used in
metabolism/storage, 23% of calories from carbs are used in
metabolism/storage.
If anyone wants the specific citations or a double-check on the
numbers, I will look them up when I get home and post to the list.
Stephanie
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Assiniboine Community College, Brandon, MB Canada
email: cooney@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
voicemail: (204) 726-6745
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