Hi guys. In my second year of study. This week we lernt about energy metabolism and I am confused about a few things.
(1)Is thermogensis( which is basically heat production) the pathway in which adipocytes(adipose tissue/white fat) are oxidised which causes a release of ATP? Is this fat loss in a nutshell?
(2) My lecturer said that de novo lipogenisis is not that significant in humans ; that we need 500+ surplus of carbohydrates to really initiate this biochemical process ?. What is the process in which we put on fat though? I’v read somewhere that lipogenesis is when acetyl-CoA is converted to fats and encompasses fatty acid synthesis and triglyceride synthesis ?
Am I on the right path guys ?
Cheers.
