Unsaturated fats
Which fat is considered the "healthy" fat
Unsaturated fat
This is the basic unit of fat, made up of a glycerol backbone and fatty acids.
What is a triglyceride?
Trans fats are created when oils go through this chemical process to make them more solid and shelf-stable.
What is hydrogenation?
Found in fatty fish, flaxseeds, and walnuts, these polyunsaturated fatty acids are important for heart and brain health.
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
These healthy fats, found in nuts, avocados, and olive oil, contain only one double bond.
What are monounsaturated fats?
These types of fats are liquid at room temperature and are mostly found in plants and fish.
What are unsaturated fats?
Eating foods high in trans fats raises this “bad” cholesterol while lowering HDL cholesterol.
What is LDL cholesterol?
: Because of their double bonds, most unsaturated fats are in this physical state at room temperature.
What is liquid?
What kind of foods contain unsaturated fats? (name 3)
Avocados, nuts, fatty fish
This type of fat is considered the “unhealthy” kind because it can raise LDL cholesterol and is found in fried foods and baked goods.
What are trans fats?
In the U.S., food labels can still say “0 grams trans fat” if the product has less than this amount per serving.
What is 0.5 grams?
What levels do they decrease?
Cholesterol levels
These fatty acids, often labeled as omega-3 and omega-6, are called this because your body cannot make them on its own.
What are essential fatty acids?
The World Health Organization has called for the global elimination of industrially produced trans fats by this year
What is 2023?
What kind of atoms are removed from the carbon to carbon chain to create a double bond?
Hydrogen atoms.
This process turns liquid oils into solid fats by adding hydrogen atoms, creating trans fats in the process.
What is hydrogenation?
Unlike naturally occurring unsaturated fats, trans fats have this unique geometric configuration of hydrogen atoms across the double bond.
What is the trans configuration?