LIPIDSLIPIDS

Doğukan ARSLAN

Lipids don’t dissolve in water but they do in ether. They feel slick when you touch. Lipids have three main groups: mineral lipids, static, vegetable and animal lipids and volatile vegetable lipids. If a lipid evaporates easily it’s called volatile, and if it doesn’t, it’s called static.

Biologically, lipids are esthers made by combination of some

mono-carbocsils and glycerin. Lipids made by many animals and vegetables are a natural energy storage. They can be found as liquid or solid in nature. If a lipid is liquid in 20°C it is called liquid lipid and it can be found in vegetables and fish. Lipids contains most of the energy of human food; even starch has the half of the energy lipids have. But the toughness of burning lipids is the cause why carbohydrates burn before lipids.

This is a poster prepared by Aylin YILMAZ, about the food pyramid of our country. As you can see the basic is carbohydrates bread, rice and typical Turkish bread made with corn flour. In our country we prefer eating fruits and vegetables almost in every course. As for us proteins are concerned, we love meet Basically cow or lamb meet, we are also fond of bean, lentil and egg is an important part of our breakfast. Oils are usual all the time in the cooking process, but olive oil is the most common kind that as usual in our country. Also we like to have dried fruits during the day. Yes, I admit we love sugar !!! Although it is considered to be unhealthy, it always make me feel happy!