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where does the fat go?
« on: 21/04/2007 19:06:25 »
one of my sisters has recently losta lot of weight, but where did it all go?
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« Reply #1 on: 21/04/2007 20:43:03 »
There are only two thinsg that leave the body urine/sweat (the two are very similar) and CO2.

Assuming we are talking aboy loss of fat (and there are other ways to lose weight too - like loss of muscle, or just reduced water retention), then the fact will primarily (but I suspect not exclusively) have been converted to water and CO2.
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« Reply #2 on: 21/04/2007 21:03:11 »
Quote from: another_someone on 21/04/2007 20:43:03
There are only two things that leave the body urine/sweat (the two are very similar) and CO2.

Assuming we are talking aboy loss of fat (and there are other ways to lose weight too - like loss of muscle, or just reduced water retention), then the fact will primarily (but I suspect not exclusively) have been converted to water and CO2.

Ops! me think you forgot something smelly...stools!   [;D]
May be you meant that feces are just 'transformed' food.

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Quote from: iko on 21/04/2007 21:03:11
Ops! me think you forgot something smelly...stools!   [;D]
May be you meant that feces are just 'transformed' food.

ikod

That was what I meant, although I am also aware that I am glibly ignoring bile, which is excreted into the the intestines, and ofcourse so too is water, but the rest is simply food that never entered or left the bloodstream.
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    « Reply #4 on: 21/04/2007 21:35:41 »
    Saliva, gastric and pancreatic juices plus bile make up 3-4 liters,
    then most of the liquid is reabsorbed, in normal conditions, of course.

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