Lipids
To everyone's delight, we are going to be finishing up the macronutrients this week with lipids. However, just to warn you, in my opinion, lipids are the most complicated to explain of the macronutrients. There are so many types, classifications, and functions. Most of these classifications really require a decent background in organic chemistry and biochemistry. For example, lipids are first classified into simple, complex lipids, precursor and derived lipids. Then further classification into saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated. We will try to keep this as practical as possible while still giving us some depth on the subject.
