Can you source that? Because as far as I can tell, de novo lipogenesis is a relatively rare process, exactly because our body prefers to just store the fat in t

Can you source that? Because as far as I can tell, de novo lipogenesis is a relatively rare process, exactly because our body prefers to just store the fat in the blood as fat. Sugar is burned preferentially, and only when your carb intake exceeds your total daily energy expenditure, it will start converting it to fat: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10365981 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10365981 I'm not sure what chemically needs to happen, fat is transported from the bowel to the bloodstream in a relatively complex process, but once it's in the blood, it's in the same form as in storage, as triglycerides. In fact, the triglyceride content of a person's fat stores will reflect their diet, which is a strong indication it comes directly from the food without processing: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4072956 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4072956