Comment by someothherguyy

15 hours ago

I think there are a bunch of states the human body can be in where pathways cause sugar to be converted into fat directly in the liver (via hepatic de novo lipogenesis). This is not dependent on fatty acid transport to the liver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_novo_synthesis#Fatty-acid_(...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00018-018-2860-6

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6213738/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13sQiOt1tVKDYe8h3bSOL_sazalL...

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13668-026-00740-w