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The two characteristics of the South Beach Diet compared to other diets and plans is replacing bad carbs and fats with good carbs and fats. This is done by replacing traditional western foods such as meat and pasta with vegetables, beans, and whole grains, and replacing food with trans-fats and saturated fats with lean meats, oily fish, and nuts.
Unsaturated fats have a very high boiling points. Another characteristic is that unsaturated fats become solid at room temperature.
They are like pretty significant because they are in your body and they insulate you.
Oils are unsaturated fats.
Hydrogenated oils are made from liquid vegetable or seed oils and are created to mimic saturated fats. Saturated fats are those that are solid at room temperature. Hydrogenation, the process of polymerizing liquid fats[oils] by heating and injecting hydrogen gas into them, creates "trans-fats", or solid "plasticated" fats which we now know, (or are told), are worse for us than the saturated fats they were designed to replace. ANY fats that are solid at room temperature are either saturated fats or trans-fats.
Animal products and some vegetables contain saturated fats.
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.
Characteristics of shortening is the natural rendering of animal fat. Shortening has semi-solid fats, contain less water and have a higher smoke point than margarine and butter.
Elements that have some characteristics of a metal and some characteristics of a nonmetal are called semimetals or metalloids.