What is visible fat and invisible fat?

Visible and Invisible fats depend on their food sources.

For instance, animal sources of fat are fatty meats, lard, butter, cheese, cream whole milk and egg yolk. Plant sources are vegetable oils, nuts, chocolate, avocados, olives and margarine

Visible fats are fats in foods that are purchased and used as fats, such as butter or margarine. Invisible fats or hidden fats are fats that are not immediately noticeable such as those in egg yolk, cheese, cream, and salad dressings. Invisible fats make it difficult for a regular diet for those who are on limited fat diets.

Visceral fat is fat which accumulates on your internal organs. It won't increase your waistline or you appearance, but it seems to correlate more strongly to a higher risk of disease than cutaneous fat. Subcutaneous fat is the kind we all know about residing directly under the skin.

Recent research has shown that dieting can help to reduce subcutaneous fat, but not visceral fat. Visceral fat appears to only be reduced through exercise. Eat right and exercise regularly.