LIPO GLUT4 LYSIS
MUSCLE
LIPOLYSIS
FATTY ACIDS
FAT DROPLET
ADIPOSE
LIVER
GLYCOGEN
PROTEIN
AMINO ACIDS
GLUCOSE
AMINO ACIDS
P
GLUCOSE
GLUT4
FATTY ACIDS
FATTY ACIDS
FATTY
ACIDS PROVIDE AN ABUNDANT SOURCE
OF ENERGY BUT IN VERTEBRATES, (UNLIKE
PLANTS),THEY CANNOT BE CONVERTED
BACK TO GLUCOSE
CORTISOL
HELPS TO MAINTAIN PLASMA GLUCOSE
LEVELS DURING A FAST BY STIMULATING
GLUCONEOGENESIS/LIPOLYSIS AND
INHIBITING LIPID SYNTHESIS
IN
DIABETES THERE IS NO
INSULIN
TO INHIBIT THIS PROCESS
GLUCONEOGENESIS