title: Glucose and fat oxidation: bomb calorimeter be damned.
abstract: For both respiration and combustion, the energy loss difference between glucose and fat oxidation often is referenced to the efficiency of the fuel. Yet, the addition of anaerobic metabolism with ATP resynthesis to complete respiratory glucose oxidation further contributes to energy loss in the form of entropy changes that are not measured or quantified by calorimetry; combustion and respiratory fat/lactate oxidation lack this anaerobic component. Indeed, the presence or absence of an anaerobic energy expenditure component needs to be applied to the estimation of energy costs in regard to glucose, lactate, and fuel oxidation, especially when the measurement of oxygen uptake alone may incorrectly define energy expenditure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Exercise, Health, and Sport Sciences, University of Southern Maine, 37 College Avenue, Gorham, ME 04038, USA. cscott@usm.maine.edu
authors.forename: Christopher B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Scott
mesh_terms: D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D002153:Calorimetry, Indirect / Q000379:methods; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D019277:Entropy; D005223:Fats / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D006019:Glycolysis; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D019289:Pyruvic Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005223:Fats; D019344:Lactic Acid; D019289:Pyruvic Acid; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D005947:Glucose