MOVESCI 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Olive Oil, Triglyceride, Glycerol

• School: U of M
• Department: Movement Science
• Course: MOVESCI 241
• Professor: Professor Brown

Document Summary

Some fats have anti-inflammatory effects and other pro-inflammatory effects. Fats can enhance the enjoyment of the meal and increase satiety (or depress hunger) Energy for long duration exercise (bonking, and then what) Fat (lipid) is primary fuel for the people doing long duration exercise. Bonking = glycogen depleted so you cant perform high intensity exercise as well. 10,000 kcal - this number of calories wont be transformative during the event, this huge number is nothing compared to how many calories we have stored away. Lipid is a general term for a heterogenous group od compounds. Lipid molecules contain the same structural elements as carbohydrates (ie. carbon, hydrogen and oxygen) Neural fats - consist of primary triglycerides. Maj storage form of fat in adipse cells. Consist of triglycerol molecule combined with other chemicals. Glycerol ; a 3 carbon alcohol molecule. Three clusters of carbon chained atoms, termed fatty acids, attach to the glycerol molecule to form a triglyceride.