A note of caution about oils: Never use cheap, refined, commercial or
processed oils found in clear glass or clear plastic bottles. These oils are
mostly rancid and full of solvents, pesticides and chemical preservatives, like
BHA, BHT, methyl silicone, and others. These oils are “super-cooked” which
means that most of their nutrition is lost, changed or bonded, causing body
acidosis, and liver and kidney damage.
AN EXAMPLE OF FAT METABOLISM
As stated earlier, your body is not designed to absorb or use “structures.”
Like proteins, fats are structures. They consist of chained or bonded fatty
acids. Since your body and its cells can only use simple compounds for
activity and sustenance, fats that are consumed from foods must be broken
down into the fatty acids that comprise them, much the same way that
proteins are broken down into amino acids. This digestive action takes place
in the first part of the small intestine with the assistance of bile from the
liver/gallbladder. The following describes the process of fat digestion and
metabolism:
1. Bile Salts emulsify fats and make them water-soluble so that pancreatic
and intestinal lipase can convert them to fatty acids and glycerol.
2. Gastric juices—enzyme gastric lipase—converts (emulsifies) fats into
fatty acids and glycerol (an alcohol).
3. Intestinal (duodenum) enzyme steapsin—a lipase from the pancreas—
converts fats into fatty acids and glycerol (an alcohol).
4. Fatty acids and glycerol bind to form neutral fats, which then bond to
various proteins to form chylomicrons. Fats in this form are absorbed
and carried throughout the lymphatic system and the blood system where
they are dispersed to the tissues of the body. Fatty acids cannot be
converted to glucose. However, they can enter the Krebs (energy) Cycle
through acetyl groups.
5. Adipose (fatty) tissue is created for the body’s energy reserve and factors
for cellular health and immunity.Digestive and metabolic By-Products of FatsNUTRITIONAL PRODUCTS
Essential fatty acids