Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are referred to as macronutrients because they are required in greater quantities by human bodies than other nutrients. Only carbohydrates, proteins, and fat provide energy directly; the rest only aid in the generation of energy. To improve nutritional health, you ...
Unsaturated fats – monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats – are generally referred to healthy fats. These types of fats are mainly found in plant foods, such as avocados,nuts, seeds and vegetable oils. Unsaturated fats are also found infatty fishlike salmon. As with most foods though...
Saturated Fatsare found in red meat, dairy products and palm kernel. They are often referred to as “hard fats” as they are semi-solid to solid at room temperature. When consumed, saturated fats tend to clump together to form deposits, along with protein and cholesterol. They get lodged i...
Medium Chain Triglycerides— MCTs are fats of medium chain length. As a result of their length, MCTs are readily oxidized (burned) in the liver and skeletal muscle. Research shows the MCTs may lead to an increased metabolic rate when replacing other dietary fats. Sesame seed oilis a rich so...
Fats can be classified as either saturated or unsaturated depending on the structure of the long carbon-carbon chains in the fatty acids (the R's in Figure 1). Saturated Fats: Fats that contain no double bonds in their fatty acid chains are referred to as saturated fats. These fats tend ...
Fats that have a lot of oleic acid in them are liquid at room temperature, and are therefore known to us as oils. Oleic acid, because it contains one double bond, is also referred to as mono-unsaturated. Fatty acids that have multiple double bonds, like linoleic acid in the first ...
Fats also play in an important role in food preparation: They enhance food flavor and food texture, make baked products tender, and conduct heat during cooking. Fats are the most prevalent class of compounds (in living systems) referred to as lipids . Lipids are cellular compounds that are ...
310 DEG C., and if desired in vacuo or in a p current of steam or inert gas such as carbon dioxide, nitrogen or waste gases, whereby ketones, aldehydes, alcohols and hydrocarbons are distilled off and condensed. The process may also be applied to wool grease to separate the wool fat ...
1. Summary Phytosterols and phytostanols, also referred to as plant sterols and stanols, are common plant and vegetable constituents and are therefore normal constituents of the human diet. They are structurally related to cholesterol, b... R Cantrill,Y. Kawamura 被引量: 28发表: 2008年 加载...
Often referred to as “good” or “healthy” fats, polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats feature unsaturated carbon bonds known as double bonds within their chemical structure. Fat molecules that contain just one double bond are called monounsaturated fats, while polyunsaturated fats contain multiples ...