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Q31-Do obese people have a shortage of enzymes?
There is some evidence that obese individuals do have a shortage of lipase. Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, conducted some tests on the abdominal fat of 11 obese individuals (average of 340 pounds) and found a lipase enzyme deficiency in their fat cells. This could be explained by the fact that obesity and abnormal cholesterol deposits both have their beginnings in our failure to predigest fat in the upper stomach because our cooked foods do not contain the natural lipase content of fatty foods. |
