Understanding Your Fat!
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First of all, let’s start by talking about how exactly that thing that we dread (fat) enters our bodies. The Process goes as follows; we put the food in our mouths, from there it makes its way down to our stomachs, and from our stomachs it goes on into our intestines.
It is in the intestines that some action finally starts taking place. It is here that the pancreas is given the signal to go ahead and release certain enzymes that attack the fat molecules, and break them down into what we call glycerol and fatty acids. By breaking down the fat molecules, it allows the intestinal cell membrane to absorb them. Fat molecules as a whole are too big to be absorbed through the membrane as one piece, thus, they are broken down into smaller pieces.
Once this process has occurred the fat molecules eventually make their way into the blood stream, where the fats are once again broken up into fatty acids and then absorbed from the blood into fat cells, liver cells, and muscle cells. And this is where the storage process of that unwanted fat happens…
With that said, you may be asking, well how do I get rid of this fat then?
The thing you need to know is that our body’s main source of energy comes from glucose. When you are exercising or not eating quite as much your body calls on it’s internal energy stores that consist of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats in order to create it. It is a defense mechanism our bodies use when we are getting a lack of our energy source. A defense mechanism that we can ultimately use to our advantage!
When the body decides to call on these internal energy stores, it breaks them down into glucose molecules. The first internal storage area it looks to break down for this glycogen is the carbohydrates. After this process occurs, your body looks to turn fats into fatty acids and glycerol, and once these fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids, they are released into our bloodstream and go into the liver. It is in the liver that the fatty acids and glycerol can be used to make glucose.
So, now you know the basic fundamentals of fat, how it is stored, and how it can be used to create the energy we need in our body. It’s funny how a lot of people want to lose fat without even knowing how it works. It only makes since to have a basic understanding of the thing you are trying to defeat.
By Christopher Gibbs
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