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by inkyoto 4324 days ago
Frankly, almost every single word in the stated bears no relevance to the reality. Glucose role in lipogenesis is so well known that I won't bother going past the most obvious source:

«Lipogenesis is the process by which acetyl-CoA is converted to fatty acids. The former is an intermediate stage in metabolism of simple sugars, such as glucose, a source of energy of living organisms. Through lipogenesis and subsequent triglyceride synthesis, the energy can be efficiently stored in the form of fats».

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogenesis

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Yes, human adipose tissue and the liver perform lipogensis. I don't know where I said otherwise. The point is it happens at a very negligible rate in humans on any realistic diet. The process can be ramped up if you go on a truly fat free diet, but that's almost impossible in practice. You can take a fat sample from a human and profile almost exactly what fatty things they usually eat, because stored human body fat is pretty much entirely just dietary fats stored away.