Many of us have complicated feelings about fat, but it’s actually very useful: your body uses its fat reserves to provide storage space for the excess glucose and fructose floating around in your bloodstream. We shouldn’t be mad at our body for putting on fat; instead, we should thank it for trying to protect us from oxidative stress, glycation, and inflammation. The more you’re able to grow the number and size of your fat cells (which is usually a function of genetics), the longer you’ll be protected against excess glucose and fructose (but the more weight you will put on).
