a. SATURATED FATS FROM NONSATURATED FATS An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain. A fat molecule is monounsaturated if it contains one double bond‚ and polyunsaturated if it contains more than one double bond. Where double bonds are formed‚ hydrogen atoms are eliminated. Thus‚ asaturated fat has no double bonds‚ has the maximum number of hydrogens bonded to the carbons‚ and therefore is "saturated" with hydrogen atoms. In cellularmetabolism
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each point is not fully representative of the concept. Fats and Heart Disease (Units 10-12) 1. Define a fatty acid. 2. Define a triglyceride. 3. Compare and contrast a saturated and unsaturated fatty acid. 4. List food sources of unsaturated (mono- and poly) and saturated fats. 5. What is a sterol? Most common sterol is ______________. 6. List food sources of cholesterol. 7. List functions of fat in the body. 8. What are the two essential fatty acids
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“Fat Tax” Not a Panacea “Obesity now contributes to the death of more than 360‚000 Americans a year. The incidence of childhood obesity is now at epidemic level. Alarm bells are going off all over the place. But our government has done virtually nothing.”- Tom Harkin. Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health‚ leading to reduce life expectancy and/or increased health problems (Wikipedia). To cut that number
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Fat Tax Notes Important Note The importance of a balanced diet cannot be overstated. A balanced diet provides natural disease prevention‚ weight control and proper sleep without the use of sleeping pills. A balanced diet is also important because it enables you to meet your daily nutritional needs and enjoy a higher overall quality of life. Points For * People may stop buying the food if the tax is very high. Since healthier food is cheaper they will start to buy that instead to save more
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article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” Mary Ray Worley‚ also a member of the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance (NAAFA)‚ talks about being accepted in America as a fat person; she tells us her personal experiences at the NAAFA Convention‚ her points of view of being a fat person in American‚ and even gives us information from doctors and researchers about weight loss. Worley talks about how America sees fat people and how they are just totally against being fat; she even
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Institute a State-wide Ban of the Use of Trans Fat? Trans fats are a type of fat often used in preparation of fried foods in order to enhance the flavor and‚ in some cases‚ increase the shelf life of a product‚ but these inexpensive‚ artificially produced fats have been liked to heart disease because they increase levels of bad cholesterol in the body while lowering levels of good cholesterol and that is why I agree that we should ban the use of trans fats in New Jersey restaurants and food establishments
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Trans Fats There is lots of controversy going on about should the trans fats be banned by the government or not. On one side are people who are for ban of trans fats‚ while their opponents think that they should not be prohibited. What are the trans fats? Are they really bad for our health‚ should they be replaced with another substance and why there are so many people against them? Producers have the power over us‚ as well as opportunity to put trans fats into food in small amounts‚ without
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Article 26 Where Fat Is a Mark of Beauty In a rite of passage‚ some Nigerian girls spend months gaining weight and learning customs in a special room. “To be called a ‘slim princess’ is an abuse‚” says a defender of the practice. By Ann M. Simmons TIMES STAFF WRITER AKPABUYO‚ Nigeria—Margaret Bassey Ene currently has one mission in life: gaining weight. The Nigerian teenager has spent every day since early June in a “fattening room” specially set aside in her father’s mudand-thatch house
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bad foods can have negative effects in human body. Food contains fat and fat is the long termed energy for human body. carbohydrates also is the energy for human body but‚ carbohydrates is short termed energy. Food also contain protein which helps to repair and build cell and issues. Fat is the one cause many people have an unhealthy body. Even fat is long termed energy for human body but‚ consuming too much
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‘Fat Taxes’ In our society‚ there is a massive obesity problem which causes people to die prematurely from heart attack or high blood pressure. So‚ the health experts discovered a way to prevent people from eating foods that might have negative effects on their health. It is a new kind of tax that is called ‘fat tax’‚ according to which consumers are called to pay a small amount of money‚ every time something unhealthy is purchased. In my opinion‚ the aforementioned tax should l save a lot
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