saturated fat:
1. raises blood cholestrol levels
2.it is mostly of animal origin
3.it is solid at room temperature and has high melting point.
unsaturated fat :
1.tends to lower blood cholestrol.
2.found mainly in vegetable or plant oils
3.it is liquid at room temperature and has low melting point.
example of monounsaturated fats:olive oil.
examples of polyunsaturated fat are sunflower oil and fish oil.
We should know that a product is a vegetable oil doesn't mean that it contains unsaturated fat,what this means?
coconut oil is a plant oil but it is very high in saturated fat.
palm oil is 50% saturated but appears to have little influence on cholestrol levels.
Trans fats:1. are engineeered from liquid oils through hydrogenation so they have been altered chemically to act like saturated fats.
2.trans fats raise cholestrol and can cause atherosclerosis.
80% of trans fats come from processed foods and 20% occur naturally in meat and dairy products.
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