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Fat and Oils
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Fat and Oils
Fat insulates and protects your body
Fats provide 9 calories per gram
Fat is a essential nutrient for insulation, body energy and protection
Food fact
Fat definitions
Hydrogenation: Good chemical process for making fat
Butter: Fat extracted from milk
Margerine: Butter substitute made from plant fat
Lard: Extracted from animal fats
Vegetable Oil: Made from plants
Vegetable shortening: blend of hydrogenated oils
Rancid: Decomposing fats
What are oils?
Oils are fats at room temp. They come from plants or fish
Lipids
Family of chemical compounds including fats and oils
Cholesterol
Fat like substance made of glucose or saturated fat ( in our blood)
Great source of back up energy
Secondary to carbohydrates
Most concentrated source of energy
Function of fat
Supplies heat (insulation)
Carries vitamin A,D,E,K
Add food flavoring
Satisfies hunger
Protects organs
Promotes healthy skin
Fat solubule vitamins A D E K can ONLY dissolve in fat
Fatty acids
2 Chemical chains that make up fats
Saturated
Polyunsaturated
Monounsaturated
Saturated fatty acids
Fats that usually come from animal sources and are solid at room temp.
Polyunsaturated fats
Comes from veggies and fish, semi-liquid at room temp.
Monounsaturated fats
Semi solid or liquid at room temp.
Trans fat
Unsaturated fat molecule that is chem. changed
Cholesterol is good because it is essential to live but its bad if you have too much
Good: HDL cholesterol
Bad: LDL cholesterol
Trans fats are terrible for your health
Look for "partially hydrogenated" on a nutrition label to see if its healthy or not
Even though trans fats are unsaturated, its still very bad for your health
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