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243: The Bitter Truth About Sugar and How it Harms Your Health | Robert Lustig, MD

The Genius Life

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Do You Know What Subcutaneous Fat Is?

There are three fat depots in your body. The first one is called subcutaneous fat, or big butt fat. Subcutaneous fat can be from gluco that can be from fatty acids and protein. Big belly fat is much more metabolically dangerous than the subcutaneousfat. Alcohols seven calories per gram; Fat is nine calories per gram. So if calories are important, then you would say that drinking alcohol is better than eating fat. Is it? Definitely not.

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