What Can I Eat?

Fats Best choices or “good fats” are unsaturated fats like omega-3, monounsaturated and polyunsatu-rated fats: • Avocado, olives and seeds such as flax, pumpkin or sesame • Nuts such as almonds, brazil, cashews, hazelnuts, peanuts, pine, pecans, pistachios and walnuts • Oils such as olive, canola, corn, flaxseed, safflower, soybean and

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Reactions of Fats and Fatty Acids

Plants and animals use fats and oils for the long-term storage of energy. glucose → starch → fat From a chemical standpoint, fats and oils are the same. They differ only in their melting points with oils being a liquid at room temperature. They are triesters, composed of 3 long chain carboxylic acids and a triol (a molecule with 3 alcohol ...

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Chapter 3: Biological Molecules - WOU

Chapter 3: Biological Molecules What Are Lipids? • Molecules composed almost entirely of carbon and hydrogen with non-polar carbon-carbon bonds (Hydrophobic) Types of Lipids: (Figure 3.6) 1) Oils & Fats 2) Waxes: 3) Phospholipids: • Similar in structure to fats / oils except 1 of 3 fatty acids replaced by phosphate group

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The New Food Guide - Canada

3 . 4 Integrated widely by governments and stakeholders into nutrition policies, programs, and resources. ... • Choose foods with healthy fats instead of saturated fat. Examples: oVegetables and fruit including fresh, frozen or canned options oWhole grain foods such as …

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Fats and fatty acid in human nutrition

Human studies on dietary fats and inflammation: n-3 PUFA 94 Introduction 94 Asthma 94 Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) 94 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 95 Role of dietary ALA in modulating inflammation 95 Human studies on dietary fats and inflammation: other fatty acids 96 Conclusions 96 Recommendations 96 References 96

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2. Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Nutrients

• Docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) 8888 2nd epor ator it .S. opulation Vitamins A, E and Carotenoids Background Information Sources and Physiological Functions. Vitamins A (retinol) and E (alpha-tocopherol) and the carotenoids are fat-soluble micronutrients found in many foods, including some vegetables,