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unsaturated fat |
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fat (fat) 1. adipose tissue, forming soft pads between organs, smoothing and rounding out body contours, and furnishing a reserve supply of energy. 2. an ester of glycerol with fatty acids, usually oleic, palmitic, or stearic acid. polyunsaturated fat one containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. saturated fat one containing saturated fatty acids. unsaturated fat one containing 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. 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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