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If insulin secretion is ATP-induced, why don't fatty acids trigger insulin secretion?
I learned in my university physiology course that insulin is released by pancreatic beta-cells in response to glucose that is metabolized and thus increase cellular ATP levels, which in turn close ...
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What happens when we eat excess fat?
The fats in our body are stored in fat cells. When we over eat fats does the size of our fat cells increase, are more fat cells generated, or do we "throw out" excess fat?