With all the buzz in the popular press lately about the vindication of saturated fat and the recent publication of meticulously researched books promoting the same now is a good time for a refresher on fats. As health care professionals we help guide our patients toward healthy diets and lifestyles so it's important that we have a sufficient working knowledge of some of the phrases we pepper the conversation with such as saturated fats polyunsaturated fats monounsaturated fats vegetable oils etc.