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Ingesting too much                            That's taking things
   triacylglycerol                               a little too far.
                                                 Remember, your
causes weight gain...
                                           favorite foods contain
                            Scheme!          lots of saccharides
                                              too, not just lipids.
                          So I won't eat
                               any of it!

No lipids at all!                                                         Oh yeah, fat is also
Then I definitely                                                     made from saccharides!

 won't get fat,
         right?

    If you eat too                                                          There's really no
    much ramen or                                                      shortcut here. A little
spaghetti, you'll be                                                  balance and moderation
ingesting too many
  saccharides, and                                                            is all you need!
 you'll gain weight.

  In other words,        lipid
  if we ingest too    Saccharide
many saccharides...

       ...our bodies                       Metabolism                    Hmm, you must be
  convert them into                                                   right. This magazine
 fat and store that                           Convert                 says I should watch
fat in adipose tissue                          into fat
                                                                           my carb intake.
     or in the liver.

                                                            Directly
                                                         accumulates

                                           Fat

                           Excess                        Turn into
                       saccharides                           fat!
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