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Total Fat vs. Total Lipid: Understanding the Difference

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According to the National Institutes of Health, lipids are a diverse group of biomolecules that are insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents. To put it simply, total lipid is a broad category of which total fat is a specific component, meaning that all fats are lipids but not all lipids are fats.