Robert Kiltz
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And if I fry something in fat,
does it absorb all the fat?
If I boil something in water, does it absorb all the water?
It doesn't.
So in fact, those are not fatty foods, but they make you fat because they're carbohydrates.
I like to just say they're plants.
So the plants break down to simple sugars in your gut,
And then in the gut, they go to the liver.
Insulin goes to the liver and converts it to fat.
The job of the liver and the job of insulin is to make fat, not store fat.
If you eat and make more fat than you burn in the day, you're going to gain weight.
Is gaining weight before wintertime a good thing?
No.
Oh, wait, yeah.
Historically, it would be, right?
I mean, you know, what do you and I have to do for food?
We, you know, we just call on something on our phone, something's delivered, we get a restaurant, or even they'll deliver from the market.
And so it is a crazy concept, but...
Most organisms must have fat.
I mean, how do butterflies get all the way to Mexico and back here?