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Dietary fat
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Fats mean particularly polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
Sugihara & Kamada 2021 Nutrients 13: 1533
Dietary fats come in a variety of forms and are classified based on the presence of double bonds in the hydrocarbon chain. Saturated fats (SFAs) have no double bonds while unsaturated fatty acids (UFAs) contain double bonds. UFAs are subcategorized based on the orientation, number, and position of the double bonds. Cis fats contain cis-oriented double bonds and are natural, while trans fats contain trans-oriented double bonds and are usually s…
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