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Physiology & Medicine / Why does a diet of carbs make you fat?
« on: 20/12/2016 09:44:25 »
Christopher Johnson asked the Naked Scientists:
Absolutely love your show - never miss it. I have a question, and I thought it might be good for the show.Â
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Everyone calls excess weight stored in their body "fat", but technically, is it fat? You can easily gain weight by overeating on a diet of carbs. Would this then be converted to fat to be stored (the two molecules are structurally very different), or is it stored in the tissues as carbs?
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Thanks to you all,
Chris Johnson
West Virginia, US
What do you think?
Absolutely love your show - never miss it. I have a question, and I thought it might be good for the show.Â
Â
Everyone calls excess weight stored in their body "fat", but technically, is it fat? You can easily gain weight by overeating on a diet of carbs. Would this then be converted to fat to be stored (the two molecules are structurally very different), or is it stored in the tissues as carbs?
Â
Thanks to you all,
Chris Johnson
West Virginia, US
What do you think?