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unsaturated fat |
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unsaturated fat: see saturated fat saturated fat, any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid . The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Heating unsaturated fat--as in baked goods or deep fat fryers at fast food restaurants--changes the configuration of the fatty acid from a cis fat to a trans fat. Rather than hydrogenate their oils, the Dutch researchers converted cis fats directly to trans by a process called isomeration. [8] "In general," says Fred Mattson, a noted researcher at the University of California in San Diego, "studies show trans fats to have the same effect on human blood lipid levels as cis fats. |
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