How the Body Uses Fat

Our body uses three main sources of energy: glucose, glycogen, and fat. These nutrients are linked by metabolic pathways that can convert one to the other.

By weight, fat contains three times as much energy as glucose, making it an excellent substance for energy storage.

Let’s explore some of the ways the body processes fat, including: digestion, transport, conversion, and energy extraction.

Montage of fat tissue, ball and stick figure of a triglyceride molecule, and a human liver.