{"id":28119,"date":"2025-04-24T12:47:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T07:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28119"},"modified":"2025-05-28T15:19:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T09:49:43","slug":"lipids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lipids\/","title":{"rendered":"Lipids"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Lipids Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>New research challenges the view that proteins are the only key to evolution, highlighting the importance of lipids.<\/p>\n<h2>About Lipids<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Lipids are\u00a0<strong>fatty, wax-like compounds<\/strong>\u00a0that perform a variety of functions in your body.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Lipids are a structurally and functionally diverse group of\u00a0<strong>hydrocarbons<\/strong>. Hydrocarbons are chemical compounds that consist of carbon and hydrogen atoms.<\/li>\n<li>Lipids are\u00a0<strong>in your blood and throughout your body.<\/strong>\u00a0They\u2019re\u00a0<strong>in every cell<\/strong>\u00a0you have.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lipids like cholesterol<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0<strong>part of your cell membranes.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They\u00a0<strong>give your cells structure<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>allow substances to go in and out\u00a0<\/strong>of your cells.<\/li>\n<li>They<strong>\u00a0help with moving and storing energy<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>absorbing vitamins<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>making hormones.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Lipids are\u00a0<strong>not soluble in water\u00a0<\/strong>as they are non-polar but are thus<strong>\u00a0soluble in non-polar solvents<\/strong>\u00a0such as chloroform.<\/li>\n<li>Lipids are f<strong>ound in higher quantities in fried foods, animal fats,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>dairy products<\/strong>\u00a0like cream, butter, and cheese.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Various lipids have different functions.\u00a0<\/strong>These include:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Triglycerides\u00a0<\/strong>transport and\u00a0<strong>store energy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Steroid hormones send messages<\/strong>\u00a0in cells.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bile salts\u00a0<\/strong>from cholesterol\u00a0<strong>help digest fat.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Fatty acids metabolize to create energy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Phospholipids and cholesterol make biological membranes<\/strong>. Phospholipids are like gatekeepers that let some molecules into your cells but require others to come in with proteins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Your body can produce the amount of lipids it needs. However, sometimes, it produces the\u00a0<strong>wrong amount of lipids. This can cause:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hyperlipidemia (high lipid levels).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hypolipidemia (low lipid levels).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hypercholesterolemia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Atherosclerosis.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Coronary artery disease.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Hypertriglyceridemia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/science\/not-just-dna-proteins-ccmb-team-finds-lipids-also-guide-evolution\/article69452496.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lipids are fatty, waxy, or oily compounds that are essential to many body functions and serve as the building blocks for all living cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":46092,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[256,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-28119","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-lipids","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}