Now I'm confused......  Isn't it pyruvate which increases or speeds up the
Krebs cycle, which causes an increase in the burning of calories and
prohibits fat storage???   (assuming one hasn't overdone the calories.)
It's back to the search engine......  sigh.....  Oliva

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 >Pennington's theory is indeed that, for reasons unknown,
> obese people have higher levels of pyruvate, which interferes
> with the mobilization of stored fat.  Thus, for Pennington,
> obesity is a disorder of fat mobilization more than fat storage.
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> Todd Moody
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