MEDICAL AND AGRICULTURAL ASPECTS OF LIPIDS

• Published in: The Lipid Handbook with CD-ROM pp. 717 - 796
• Main Authors: Gunstone, Frank D, Harwood, John L, Dijkstra, Albert J
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: United Kingdom CRC Press 2007; Taylor & Francis Group
• Subjects: Food & beverage technology; Organic chemistry; RAR; Fatty Acids; Biliary Tract Disease; Cyclopropene Fatty Acids; Fat Soluble Vitamins; Cottonseed Oil; Plant Sterols; Retinol Palmitate; British Nutrition Foundation; Spinal Cord; Trans Fatty Acids; Kinky Hair Disease; Sterculic Acid; EPA; Essential Fatty Acids; Essential Fatty Acid Deficiency; Reduce Ldl Cholesterol; BHA; PUFAs; DHA; Dietary Lipids; Long Chain Monounsaturated Fatty Acids
• ISBN: 0849396883; 9780849396885
• DOI: 10.1201/9781420009675-15

There are two aspects to lipid requirements in the human diet — qualitative and quantitative. First, certain lipids are needed for good health — essential fatty acids and fat-soluble vitamins are good examples. Secondly, it is usually considered that, in the normal diet, some 25 to 30% of the total calories are conveniently supplied as fat (Jones, 1974). Such lipids (in reasonable amounts) also usually make food more palatable. Some comprehensive sources of information on the role of fats in nutrition are Gurr (1992b, 1999), Vergroesen and Crawford (1989), and Akoh and Lai (2005).