Topics
Plain-language explainers on the science of dietary fatty acids.
Start Here: The Basics
What Is Fat? What Is a Fatty Acid?
Lipid, fat, oil, fatty acid, triglyceride — the words sorted out, and why the body needs fat.
Fats vs Carbs vs Proteins
The three macronutrients, their building blocks, and what makes fat unique.
Anatomy of a Fatty Acid
The carboxyl head, the carbon chain and its double bonds — saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated — the methyl and omega ends, and chain length from short to very-long.