Effects of dietary lipids on lipoprotein profile.
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Cholesterol, fats and oils belongs to the family of lipids.Lipids are important source of energy and, beside that, they are biologically active molecules that have many important roles in organism.Fat and cholesterol can't dissolve in blood, so they are transported in the plasma as triglicerydes or by large complexes called lipoproteins.In this paper an overview of dietary lipids, sources of diffrent dietary lipids and lipoprotein metabolism is presented as well as adverse effects of over consumption of cholesterol and fat on body weight and health.
Institution: University of Zagreb
Language: Croatian
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2169076434
