Holiday reading

I'm off on vacation for a while so the next posts are likely to be delayed. If anyone would like a light summary of the ideas I'm thinking about, this is a nice review:

Yin and Yang of hypothalamic insulin and leptin signaling in regulating white adipose tissue metabolism

For a level deeper of understanding you just need to add in that saturated fats have an FADH2:NADH ratio around 0.49 which is the physiological signal for insulin resistance and MUFA generate one of around 0.47, giving the signal for insulin sensitivity. This is physiology.

Adding in PUFA as a bulk calorie source, with an insulin hyper-sensitivity generating FADH2:NADH ratio of well below 0.47, leads to expanded adipocytes. This is pathology.

Because a core function of insulin is the inhibition of lipolysis.

Peter