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> We literally can't live without fat I don't think that's true of fat. Your body can synthesize the fat it needs from sugars. There is a bit of a debate about
by a8da6b0c91d 13y ago
> We literally can't live without fat
I don't think that's true of fat. Your body can synthesize the fat it needs from sugars. There is a bit of a debate about whether there are really "essential fatty acids" that people can't synthesize, but if they exist the quantities required are very small.
- carbocation 13y agoThe human body cannot live without ingested fatty acids. These are called "essential fatty acids" and include linoleic and linolenic acids.
- a8da6b0c91d 13y agoAs I said, that's debated. People have experimentally gone long periods with zero fat intake without ill effect.
- carbocation 13y agoIt's under debate in the same way that other well established scientific ideas are under debate. That there are essential fatty acids for humans could certainly be disproven, but "going long periods with zero fat intake" is not sufficient evidence to disprove established biochemistry.