Do plants contain fat like human beings?

Plants contain (actually, they manufacture them) many oils and sugars which animals (actually, mammals - don't know if other vertebrates and invertebrates store fat in the same way) eat and then process to use for fuel. Unused portions are stored in the body in the adipose tissues. read more

Plants contain fat molecules, these molecules make up the cellular membrane and are components of organelles like Chloroplast or Mitochondrion. Plants can also store fat, though their primary storage is in the form of carbohydrates. For example, many plants store Starch in Amyloplast or Chloroplast. read more

Fats from plants are healthy. Fats from animals are unhealthy. Of course there are some exceptions to this rule – like with fish being touted as a healthy source of fat (though not as healthy as it is hyped up to be – read why fish isn’t healthy here). read more

Even foods like bananas and spinach contain some protein. But some people have taken the argument further by saying things like,"but plants aren't complete proteins" and imply that, even though plants do contain protein, that this protein is somehow inferior. So let's look at what the real differences between plant and animal proteins are. read more