HHP 2310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Trans Fat, Canola, Peanut Oil
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Single bonds between carbons: example: stearic acid which is found in meats and milk products, raise blood cholesterol levels. Substitute x for y means to use x in place of y. Substitute x with y means to use y in place of x. Fatty acids: most fats contain a mixture of saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids, degree of saturation influences firmness at room temperature, canola oil, olive oil, margarine, trans fatty acids. Soft tub: butter, coconut oil, digestion and absorption, challenge presented by fats, bile emulsifies fats, stomach, gastric inhibitory hormone, pancreas. Fats exert greater impact: pancreatic lipase (also triggered by cck, small intestine. Fat becomes packaged with proteins to form chylomicrons before entering lymphatic system. Ldl: low density lipoprotein: derived from vldls as cells remove tg from them, circulate through the body making their contents available to cells of all tissues.