Most people do. Not know that there are mainly five types of fats in the blood. The proportion of all these five types is known by a blood test – ‘Lipid Profile’ :
| Total Cholesterol | TC | Bad |
| LDL Cholesterol | LDLC | Very bad |
| HDL Cholesterol | HDLC | Good |
| Triglyceride | TG | Bad |
| VLDL Cholesterol | VLDLC | Bad |