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How is a fatty acid bad for someone?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

A fatty acid breaks down in the human body and transform into a fat that is stored by the body. When the body cannot extract nutrients from something such as a fatty acid, it stores it in the body as fat.

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