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> fat doesn't make you fat True, and it's why the low fat (== high sugar) marketing has done nothing to curb the obesity trends. > Your body turns sugar and t

> fat doesn't make you fat True, and it's why the low fat (== high sugar) marketing has done nothing to curb the obesity trends. > Your body turns sugar and things that metabolize into sugar (carbs, breads, pastas, rice) into fat. True. Keep in mind that (most) excess amino acids also get converted to carbs, and then to fat.

MDS100 13y ago
No, this is a very underused mechanism in humans. Highly active in lab rats though. Which led to this confusion. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3799507 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3799507 500g Carbs overfeeding > <10g Fat synthesized