What Is a Lipid Diet?
A lipid diet refers to a meal plan where fat intake is changed in order to affect the person’s lipid levels. Usually lipid diets are discussed in terms of lowering one’s lipid levels; that is, eating foods with less fat in order to reduce high cholesterol levels. These diets are usually called low lipid diets. Most people don’t go on high lipid diets that aim to increase the amount of lipids one takes in, but because the body needs some amount of lipids, the few people that might be lipid deficient, might need to get on one of these diets. Usually, these kinds of high lipid diets are administered in studies to determine the effects of such eating habits. High lipid diets might however refer to lowering lipid intake — commonly called low lipid diets — insofar as the diet is for people with high lipid levels. Typically, however, when people refer to lipid diets they mean diets that aim to reduce the level of lipid intake.
