Fat cannot dissolve in the watery inside of the body, so it takes a longer route than carbohydrate or protein — through bile, micelles, chylomicrons and the lymph, reaching the bloodstream only at the base of the neck. Walk the ten stops, then run the numbers.
In the stomach
The fat journeyten stops from plate to tissue
Form—
Where—
Carried by—
Droplet diameter after emulsificationdrag left = bile disperses the globule more finely
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surface area vs. one undispersed globule
Fat in the mealgrams of total fat
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Share that is long-chain fatthe rest is medium- / short-chain