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http://www.fi.edu/brain/fats.htm
Studies show that the trans fatty acids we eat do get incorporated into brain cell membranes, including the myelin sheath that insulates neurons. They replace the natural DHA in the membrane, which affects the electrical activity of the neuron.
Trans fatty acid molecules disrupt communication, setting the stage for cellular degeneration and diminished mental performance.

Normal fatty acids have a natural curve to their molecular shape. When they fit together in vast numbers, enough space still remains so that the membrane has the proper structure it needs to function at its best.

However, if these same fat molecules are changed by manufactured food processes, or if they are heated for long periods – as in deep frying – they mutate into a form rarely found in nature. Now their molecules are straighter, narrower, and no longer have their original curved shape.

2007-02-09 07:53:27 · 3 answers · asked by Shaggy 3 in Science & Mathematics Biology

3 answers

Yeah, cells constantly do recycle their membranes, so eventually those phospholipids will get used in vesicles or such. Also, i don't think changing the shape of a few phospholipids will affect it that much, unless the entire plasma membrane is in a different shape phosphlipid, which would screw up the fluidity of the membrane.

2007-02-09 14:07:43 · answer #1 · answered by kz 4 · 0 0

I save a existence it really is already a existence, so the female.cells are cells, I bite my nail, I bite cells, ought to you save them before me?god i'm hoping i do not meet someone like that on an afternoon of decide on.

2016-12-03 23:14:16 · answer #2 · answered by erke 4 · 0 0

i would guess that the damage would eventually be repaired. Cells are constantly recycling their membranes.

2007-02-09 08:04:25 · answer #3 · answered by raerae_2001 3 · 0 0

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