{"id":930,"date":"2012-05-05T04:27:14","date_gmt":"2012-05-05T04:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/icaro.med.br\/?p=930"},"modified":"2025-06-23T21:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T00:55:39","slug":"where-your-fat-comes-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/where-your-fat-comes-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does your fat come from?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Experts say that the ideal diet consists of 40% of carbohydrates, 30% of fats and 30% of proteins; personally, I disagree and believe that time and scientific progress will prove me right:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The ideal, in my opinion, is 40% of proteins, 30% of good carbohydrates and 30% of good fats;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Even better is for a qualified functional nutritionist to calculate the most suitable diet for your specific needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>However, if, regardless of the composition of their diet, many people accumulate so much body fat, where does it come from? The answer is simple: mainly from the excesses committed; be it fats, carbohydrates or even proteins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fats:<\/strong> When they enter the body, they can form part of its structure (cell membranes, hormones, etc.) or what is left over (excess!) can be incorporated by the adipocytes (or liver) and deposited, thus forming an energy reserve (fat stores much more energy in less space...); an important detail: fat can never be transformed into proteins or carbohydrates, as some people mistakenly think, but excess carbohydrates are transformed into fat!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Carbohydrates:<\/strong> Also called \u201csugars\u201d (even if they aren't necessarily sweet, like pasta and bread), when they enter the body they are used to produce energy or stored in the form of glycogen (a relatively small stock, made by the liver and muscles) or whatever is left over (excess!) is incorporated by the adipocytes (or liver), transformed into fat and deposited, thus making up an energy reserve (after all: fat stores much more energy in less space!).) is incorporated by the adipocytes (or liver), transformed into fat and deposited, thus making up an energy reserve (after all, remember: fat stores much more energy in less space)... That's right: as glucose is a carbohydrate, the main source of energy for the brain and heart, if glucose is lacking the liver can turn proteins into carbohydrates; in other words, in \u201cemergency\u201d situations (very common in those who eat poorly or exercise beyond their capabilities), your body can break down your proteins (whether they are in muscles, bones or wherever) to turn them into \u201csugars\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Proteins:<\/strong> When they enter the body, they are used predominantly for structural purposes, i.e. to form its various components, but whatever is left over (excess!) can be converted by the liver into glucose (via gluconeogenesis); and we know what happens to excess glucose, don't we? (if you have any questions, read again above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In other words, everything becomes fat if it enters the body in excess... Question answered?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything in this sentence excludes vitamins, minerals and water, which are never transformed into fat by our bodies; the most that can happen is that changes in their quantities alter appetite, metabolism, biotransformations (proteins into glucose, glucose into fat, etc.), etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. \u00cdcaro Alves Alc\u00e2ntara<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Especialistas afirmam que a dieta ideal consiste em 40% de carboidratos, 30% de gorduras e 30% de prote\u00ednas; pessoalmente, discordo e acredito que o tempo e o avan\u00e7o cient\u00edfico provar\u00e3o que estou correto ao dizer que: No entanto, se, independentemente da composi\u00e7\u00e3o da dieta, muitos acumulam tanta gordura corporal, qual \u00e9 a origem dela? A [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-emagrecimento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=930"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24764,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930\/revisions\/24764"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/icaro.med.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}