[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” separator_top_type=”none” separator_top_height=”50px” separator_top_angle_point=”50″ separator_bottom_type=”none” separator_bottom_height=”50px” separator_bottom_angle_point=”50″ style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text]The Biochemistry of Movement > 9.7.3. Fats are also important fuels for cells > The Importance Of TAGs >[/cs_text][cs_text style=”color: #800000;font-family: “Oxygen”,sans-serif;”]Assess the importance of TAGs as an energy dense store for humans[/cs_text][cs_text]
- Triglycerides are very dense stores for energy and are non-polar, so they weigh less and are stored anhydrously in the body, unlike carbohydrates.
- In mammals, TAGs are most commonly found in the cytoplasm of fat cells.
- One gram of anhydrous fat stores more than six times the energy that a hydrated glycogen can store.
- They can yield more than two times the amount of energy in kJ after being oxidised than carbohydrates.
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