Lecture #2 - University of Michigan

Relative to carbohydrate and protein, stored fat provides almost unlimited energy. The actual fuel reserves in an average young adult male represent between 60,000 and 100,000 kcal of energy from triglyceride in fat cells (adipocytes), and about 3000 kcal from intramuscular triglyceride stored in close proximity to the mitochondria. ................
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