LIPIDS

STRUCTURE OF FAT

• In your body it maintains your temperature
• We need this to maintain healthy skin and hair
• Also to produce full functioning cells

CALORIES IN FAT

• One pound of fat is 3500calories
• A person has to excerise a lot to burn one 1lb of fat

SOURCES OF FAT

• Plant fats have unsaturated fats
• Animal fats has saturated fats

LDL/HDL

• LDL : low-density lipoproteins
• It makes up majority of the body's cholesterol
• HDL : high-density lipoproteins
• It absorbs cholesterol and carries it back to the liver

DATA ON OBESITY

• Mexico : 20 -30%
• U.S : 30 - 40 %
• Obese adults in population in 2005

ROLES FAT PLAYS IN FLAVOR

• Restaurants use lots of fats in their food
• They use a lot because fat holds flavor

SUBTRACT FROM YOUR DIET

• Soda
• Candy
• Fast foods
• Surgery foods