What is fat?

[PsychedelicEagle]

Great video:

Turns out the properties of the fat we ingest affect the fluidity and behavior of our cells.

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When eaten in excess, saturated and trans fats harm health through three linked mechanisms: their straight, tightly-packing chains stiffen cell membranes, triggering ER stress in the liver and suppressing LDL receptor activity, so ApoB-carrying particles are cleared more slowly and accumulate in blood; trans fats compound this by also lowering HDL, raising Lp(a) and triglycerides, boosting CETP activity, and promoting endothelial inflammation — making them roughly 2–3× more atherogenic per calorie than saturated fat; and both converge on the same endpoint, where elevated ApoB particle counts drive decades-long cumulative particle retention in artery walls, lipid peroxidation, foam cell formation, and plaque growth. In short: molecular geometry → impaired particle clearance (plus, for trans, broader lipoprotein and inflammatory damage) → cumulative ApoB exposure, the causal driver of atherosclerosis.

 

Edited August 18 by PsychedelicEagle

[Yimpa]

TANKS for sharing!

[Judy2]

your brain is also fat (and water). 

[Yimpa]

@Judy2 Water is fat? Wym by that?

Oh wait nvm I read that wrong  

Edited 1 hour ago by Yimpa

[Schizophonia]

I love pork fat with bread and raw garic

[Judy2]

1 hour ago, Yimpa said:

@Judy2 Water is fat? 

i meant: brains consist of fat and water. (plus some sugar and protein).

1 hour ago, Judy2 said:

your brain is also fat (and water). 

 

Edited 28 minutes ago by Judy2