Role of lipids in the body

Question 1

Texture and flavour

Answer 1

Lipids affect the texture and flavour in desirable and undesirable ways. It can be a main factor in food choice and patterns, although, in personal experience it is often more positive than negative, further pushing consumption.

Question 2

Satiety (fullness)

Answer 2

Ingestion of fat induces a sense of fullness, leading to a reduction of food intake.

Question 3

Energy

Answer 3

Half the fuel the body uses is from lipids. Energy from lipids can stored (triglycerides).

Question 4

Body heat

Answer 4

Storage of fat insulates the body, helping with body heat modulation (heat staying in the body).

Question 5

Membrane Structure

Answer 5

Lipids function as the essential building block of a cell membrane.

Question 6

Organ protection

Answer 6

Triglycerides (stored fat) provides protection for internal organs with a layer of padding.

Question 7

Fatty acids

Answer 7

Fatty acids can produce and control hormones, store fat as energy, padding, insulation and production of cell membranes.

Question 8

Regulation of bodily processes

Answer 8

Fat regulates immune cell activation, hormones and controls what goes in and out of your cells.

Question 9

Vitamins

Answer 9

Fat acts as a solvent for some vitamins (fat soluble ones), helping the body absorb the nutrience from the vitamins.