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We need unsaturated fats to lower the risk of Heart disease. However, consuming too much unsaturated fat can cause weight gain, weakness, blurry vision, and bad skin.
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Why is it important to know whether a fat is saturated or unsaturated?
It is important to know, whether fat is saturated or unsaturated. Saturated fat is bad for your health. Unsaturated fat is good for your health, provided you take it in limited quantity.
What are the differences between saturated and unstaurated lipids?
1.Saturated fat is solid fat at room temperature whereas unsaturated fat is liquid at room temperature. 2. Saturated fat is single bond fat whereas unsaturated fat is double or triple bond fa t. 3.Saturated fat is animal fat whereas unsaturated fat is plant fat. 4. Saturated fat can engender severe diseases if taken in excess whereas unsaturated fat is not harmful if taken in excess but is merely stored as subcutaneous fat.
What type of fat bonds carbonhydrogen chains?
unsaturated
What are the two categories of these are saturated and unsaturated?
Fat can be either saturated or unsaturated. It can not be both at the same time. If there is one or more double bonds between carbon atoms, the fat become unsaturated. If all the bonds between carbon atoms are single bonds, the fat becomes saturated.
What are the good fats?
These are mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated fatty acids. Examples: fats from nuts, seeds, seeweed, vegetables oils, etc.
How much unsaturated fat does an egg have?
Polyunsaturated fat 0.7 g Mono-unsaturated fat 2 g
What happens when iodine is added to carbon?
Not a lot. If the carbon was part of an unsaturated fat, it may break double bonds to join the fat (this is a test for unsaturation; by measuring how much iodine is absorbed we know how unsaturated the fat is). Otherwise, iodine is quite unreactive when introduced to carbon.
What is unsaturated fat?
Unsaturated fat means that it has not yet been saturated by carbon.
Is unsaturated fat good or bad for you why?
Because you get fat and get closer to pasting away.
What is seen when bromine water is shaken with an unsaturated fat?
i think the unsaturated fat decolourises it :/
What is better for you unsaturated fat or carbohydrates?
unsaturated fats
Does vegetable oil contain unsaturated fat?
=yes vegetable oil does contain unsaturated fat=
Why is it important to know whether a fat is saturated or unsaturated?
It is important to know, whether fat is saturated or unsaturated. Saturated fat is bad for your health. Unsaturated fat is good for your health, provided you take it in limited quantity.
Is the more healthful fat?
Unsaturated fat
What is more healthful fat?
Unsaturated fat
What do unsaturated fat do to your body?
Unsaturated fats are soaked up by carbohydrates and stored in the bodies fat cells
What are the types of fats?
Poly-unsaturated Mono-unsaturated Saturated
