Why does excessive fat intake sometimes lead to incomplete fat absorption, resulting in steatorrhea?

💡 Explanation

Saturated lipases limit the rate of fat digestion in the small intestine. Because the lipases cannot break down all the ingested fat, some fat remains undigested and is excreted in the feces, therefore steatorrhea results, rather than complete fat absorption.

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