My mum just said something really strange.

I pointed out that we've still got a block of beef dripping in the  
fridge because I thought we were running low.  I said that fat is  
convenient to store in the fridge because you get a lot of energy in  
very little volume of food.  Then she said...

"What happens to it- is it burnt off?"

Then I stopped for a minute and wondered... do ordinary (ie high-carb/ 
low-fat whatever-the-government-tells-me-to-eat-is-right) people  
actually realise that fat is a fuel for day-to-day energy?

I hoped she might have a grasp of this seeing as she is on the Atkins  
diet (although judging by her recent rate of pie consumption I think  
she's on a break from it).  But apparently not.

I will have to check exactly what she meant by the question.  If she  
was asking what I think she was asking, that is truly frightening.

Ashley