Sugar and Starches can be used to manufacture monounsaturated fats?

[Sim882]

I have never heard this before, but the creator of Udo's choice oil, who is regarded as knowledgeable re fats, says mono unsaturated oil is not needed to manufacture testosterone, as mono fats can be manufactured from sugar and starches: http://www.udoerasmus.com/interviews/05_power_mindandmuscle.htm

I have never heard this b4?

Anyone know whether this is true.

 

[Tatyana]

The precursor for testosterone (and all of the sex hormones) is cholesterol. If it mono-poly or unsaturated, I have no idea.

The biosynthesis of cholesterol is seriously complicated, have a search and see if you can find the precursors for cholesterol biosynthesis (most is made in the liver)

Our bodies can convert just about anything into fat Simm, carbohydrates and protein.

I think once we have fat (storage form triacylglyceride), only the glycerol backbone can be converted back to glucose, the fatty acid tails (three of them) have to be used as energy in the mitochondria (called beta oxidation).