The obesity epidemic has generated interest in determining the contribution of various
pathways to triglyceride synthesis, including an elucidation of the origin of triglyceride fatty
acids and triglyceride glycerol. We hypothesized that a dietary intervention would
demonstrate the importance of using glucose versus non-glucose carbon sources to
synthesize triglycerides in white adipose tissue. C57BL/6J mice were fed either a low fat,
high carbohydrate (HC) diet or a high fat, carbohydrate-free (CF) diet and maintained on 2 H …