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unsaturated fat
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unsaturated fat
n.
A fat having chains of unsaturated fatty acids.


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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.
Enjoy more fruits and veggies: consumers have three resources to help ... by Hodgkin, Georgia E. / Vibrant Life
Rather than hydrogenate their oils, the Dutch researchers converted cis fats directly to trans by a process called isomeration.
Trans in trouble by Liebman, Bonnie / Nutrition Action Healthletter
[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.
The truth about trans: hydrogenated oils aren't guilty as charged by Blume, Elaine / Nutrition Action Healthletter
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