What purpose does dietary fat serve in our body? | Fat

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What purpose does dietary fat serve in our body?

November 27th, 2009 | by fat |

Dennis L asked:

In other words, what does the body use the fat that we consume for?

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One Response to “What purpose does dietary fat serve in our body?”
By Davion2308 on Nov 30, 2009 | Reply

COLTON

It cushions the internal organs, so if you’re running, your spleen isn’t bashing into your kidneys.

It keeps the internal organs warm, so when it’s cold out, you’re not expending more energy trying to keep warm.

It’s available energy for times of starvation and famine, so you don’t die of hunger in two weeks, you last much longer.

It also breaks down certain vitamins that cannot be utilized by water. There are fat-soluable vitamins like D and E that NEED fat to be useful for the body.