FAT AXD MITOCHONDRIA IN CARDIAC MUSCLE 



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was given in nearly all cases for the reason that it appears to 

 stimulate the appetite of the animals for fats. It is known, more- 

 over, that fat metabolism does not proceed normally in the 

 absence of carbohydrates. As shown in table 3 the thirty- 



TABLE 3 



Albino rats, fat fed group. The rats of this group were given all the fatty food that 

 they would eat plus a small amount of ratv grain 



