WHAT HAPPEN IF?

FATS
HOW ARE THEY ABSROBED IN THE
BODY? Excesive consumption

- Disorders of lipid metabolism

(cholesterol and Daniela Len, Launa Garca,
triglycerides). Tatiana Vargas and Laura A.
- Overweight and obesity.
Alfonso.
- Cardiovascular, metabolic,
joint, respiratory,
genitourinary and skin
diseases.
- Psychological and psychiatric
disorders.

The minium is not consumed

FOOD ENGINEERING
2017
DEFINITION: They are a group HOW ARE THEY CLASSIFIED? MINIMUM REQUIREMENT
of organic biomolecules of
heterogeneous structure with
high molecular weight, composed
mostly of carbon and hydrogen,
as they present small
percentages of oxygen,
phosphorus, sulfur and nitrogen.
They are substances insoluble in
water but are soluble in organic
substances.

SYNONYMS: Triglycerides,
lipids.

CARACTERISTICS:
- Biological origin.
- They are composed of large
chains of hydrogen and carbon,
with some percentages of
oxygen. Sometimes they have
nitrogen, phosphorus and sulfur.
- They are apolar.
- They can be fats or oils.
- They constitute a reliable
source of reserve energy.
- They are the result of the
esterification of alcohols.
- They have diverse chemical
composition.