General lipid science

This section lists sources of general scientific information on lipids, lpid metabolism, etc, not specifically relevant to trans fats.

• How Trans Fats Became Our Enemy - What are they and what do they do? ... A well-researched and informative short TV documentary from the Health Politics series in the US. A useful primer in fat chemistry. Posted on youtube by healthpolitics, 12 January 2007. Approx 9 minutes.
• Fatty acid synthesis and modification - a useful tutorial by the University of Utah Health Sciences Center.
• The Lipid Library website is a mine of information about lipids generally, including their chemistry, occurence and biological roles. It was created by Dr William W. Christie, former head of the Chemistry Department at The Scottish Crop Research Institute and now a consultant to Mylnefield Lipid Analysis.