Due to there water-repellent nature,lipids are not as easily digested as proteins and carbohydrates. The fat digesting enzyme lingual lipase atarts breaking down fat inside your mouth as you are chewing.According to author-professor Saladin,as much as ten percent of the fat you eat is digested inside your mouth.Digestion continues inside the small intesting,where most of the fat is digested by pancreatic lipase.Bile released from the gall bladder helps lipase digest fat by break it up into smaller pieces.Fat digestion is complete when lipids break down into free Fatty acids and monoglycerides.