When you eat fats, your gut breaks them down into tiny carriers to absorb them. These carriers come in two main shapes: small, round micelles that hold most of the fat, and larger vesicles that hold...

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Physical-chemical behavior of dietary and biliary lipids during intestinal digestion and absorption. 2. Phase analysis and aggregation states of luminal lipids during duodenal fat digestion in healthy adult human beings.

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1990 Feb 27

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Physical-chemical behavior of dietary and biliary lipids during intestinal digestion and absorption. 2. Phase analysis and aggregation states of luminal lipids during duodenal fat digestion in healthy adult human beings.

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DOI: 10.1021/BI00460A012

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When you eat fat, tiny droplets in your small intestine naturally break down into a different structure that helps carry the digested fat to your body for absorption. This process happens automatically in the presence of bile, acting as the main delivery system for your body to take in nutrients from fat.

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