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What uis the difference between saturated fat and unsaturated fat?
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Chemically, saturated fats have more hydrogen atoms on the fat molecules.
Practically, saturated fats are solid at room temperature (butter, lard, coconut oil) while unsaturated fats are liquid at room temperature (olive and other liquid vegetable oils).
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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.
Is wax a saturated or unsaturated fat?
Wax is a saturated 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.
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 is the difference between saturated fat and an saturated fat?
Saturated fats are solid at room temp (think of cooking hamburger meat, the grease becomes solid after cooling - that is saturated fat). Unsaturated fat is oily at room temperature. From this, it is easy to understand how saturated fats are bad for you, as they end up contributing to blocked arteries.
What is unsaturated fat?
Unsaturated fat means that it has not yet been saturated by carbon.
Does stilton cheese have saturated or unsaturated fat in it?
It has saturated.
Is sesame oil saturated or unsaturated fat?
saturated
Are noodles saturated or unsaturated fat?
Noodles are composed mainly of starch, therefore they are not made of fat, whether saturated or unsaturated.
What are the types of fats?
Poly-unsaturated Mono-unsaturated Saturated
Is corn oil saturated or unsaturated fat?
Corn oil is mostly unsaturated. It contains about 13% saturated fatty acids.
What is the difference between a fat an oil?
fat is referred to Animal fat/ saturated fat=no double bonds between carbon chain while oil is referred to plant or fish fat(oil)/ unsaturated fat = it contains double bonds between carbon chain.
