The word “lipid” is another word for “fat.” Lipids can be both solid or liquid at room temperature, in which case they are called fats or oils, respectively. For several decades, fats were considered ...

Confusion often arises in conversations about dietary fat. There are many, e.g., polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and saturated fats, cis and trans fats, short, medium, and long chain fatty acids, ...

Lipids are fats. Although fats were vilified a few decades ago, and many people avoided high-fat foods because they thought eating them would lead to weight gain, we now know its not quite that simple ...