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Mademoisel
Mon, Mar-22-04, 19:13
I have heard that the state of a fat outside the body is the
same state it will become inside the body; therefore oils
(such as olive oil) will pass through the body, unabsorbed. Is
this true, or some sort of urban legend?

--
-mlle

I will only add, may God bless you.
markd
Mon, Mar-22-04, 19:13
Myth, an organic oil, such as olive, is broken down chemically
during digestion. Mineral oil, sometimes taken as a laxative,
is not digested and exits through the gut. None of the fats
remain in their external form because of digestion. Maybe they
were talking about the amount of saturated fat. At room
temperatures it tends to be a solid, unlike an oil such as
olive which is not saturated. Both are broken down into basic
organic chemicals for use in the body.

>I have heard that the state of a fat outside the body is the
>same state it will become inside the body; therefore oils
>(such as olive oil) will pass through the body, unabsorbed.
>Is this true, or some sort of urban legend?
>
>--
>-mlle
>
>I will only add, may God bless you.
Mademoisel
Tue, Mar-23-04, 06:11
Thank you.

--
-mlle

I will only add, may God bless you. <markd@toad-net.com> wrote
in message news:405f33b5$0$247$4d5ecec7@reader.city-net.com...
>
> Myth, an organic oil, such as olive, is broken down
> chemically during digestion. Mineral oil, sometimes taken
> as a laxative, is not digested and exits through the gut.
> None of the fats remain in their external form because of
> digestion. Maybe they were talking about the amount of
> saturated fat. At room temperatures it tends to be a
> solid, unlike an oil such as olive which is not saturated.
> Both are broken down into basic organic chemicals for use
> in the body.
>
>
> >I have heard that the state of a fat outside the body is
> >the same state
it
> >will become inside the body; therefore oils (such as olive
> >oil) will pass through the body, unabsorbed. Is this true,
> >or some sort of urban legend?
> >
> >--
> >-mlle
> >
> >I will only add, may God bless you.
Moosh:)
Fri, Mar-26-04, 06:12
On Mon, 22 Mar 2004 10:34:09 -0800, "mademoiselle"
<nojunkmail@none.com> posted:

>I have heard that the state of a fat outside the body is the
>same state it will become inside the body; therefore oils
>(such as olive oil) will pass through the body, unabsorbed.
>Is this true, or some sort of urban legend?

If you don't normally eat much fat, then a huge intake of it
will result in a goodly portion going straight through until
your body accommodates and you absorb it all.