Dr. Maryam Mastoor discusses lipid metabolism and fatty acid oxidation. She outlines the four stages of fatty acid catabolism: 1) mobilization from triglycerides, 2) activation, 3) transport into mitochondria, and 4) beta-oxidation inside the mitochondrial matrix. Fatty acids are broken down into acetyl-CoA which enters the citric acid cycle to generate ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. Disorders that can occur if fatty acid oxidation is impaired include carnitine deficiency, Jamaican vomiting sickness, Refsum's disease, and Zellweger's syndrome.