can you tell me what is the difference between saturated and unsaturated fat?

Question

I'm confuse between 2 of them..@(

Answer 1

Animal fat, that is solid, is bad. Butter solidify's too, so it is saturated fat. Liquid vegetable oil-type fat is the unsaturated type. Corn oil- palm seed oil, really- that the donut and fries restaurants used to boil for three days at temperatures above 150 degrees, caused the oil to break down and become carcinogenic. It was only supposed to be heated through, and changed every 24 hours! Partially hydrogenated oils are these type of very poor quality types of oil like cotton seed oil palm and I forget the other one- that have been boiled and processed to the point of carbonization particles appearing- My microbiology professor said that these types of oil in food glops' up the cells in our bodies, causing them to be unable to move because they are coated, and the covering makes the cell not function. I found that I could not find any crackers, cookies anything without partially hydrogenated oil in it, except for the occasional brand of animal cracker, that I felt I could give my children without feeling responsible for killing off their bodies' cell function which is catastrophic to the body's life. I am on a diet that I went to a nutritionist to get- but need some fat to keep me from feeling too hungry and what with my low-blood sugar, we can't do it without some fat. (diabetics need to ask doctor about their high-blood sugar and use of fat. It is not to be used much at all)- and to help digest my food and provide energy and hormone health- which is what fat does. I am allowed 1 teaspoon of oil like eggs fried in olive oil or butter in morning, and one teaspoon of regular mayo at lunch- or two teaspoons of low-fat mayo with sandwich, and no fat at dinner- just almonds,10; or walnuts, five; with a piece of bread and a glass of skim or 2% milk for the late snack I'm needing because of low-blood sugar tendancies before the night is through.
I was anorexic when young- and pushed out the door, so the Southern Calif. weather made me also have bouts of dehydration from just sipping water and not watched- not given snacks in between meals or allowed to get second helpings, or meals on Sats. and one meal on Sunday- I then got sick to my stomach because I was weak and then couldn't eat, or else stuffed myself at dinner with 2 pcs. of bread and 2 glasses of milk, to where I was already full from a shrunken stomach and couldn't eat the meal. I was finicky about stuff, but It was from my many food allergies which weren't addressed. I had to walk 4 miles to school, and had no pants under my coat in 20 degree weather to keep from burning fat, and too skinny to keep warm, either! Anyway, parents need a second opinion when too close to the situation- nobody wanted to interfere, though, so I was 80 pounds and 5'6" at high school graduation. Now, I have arthritis from the deprivation, and teeny breasts etc. from no fat-inducing hormones to grow them!

Answer 2

The difference between saturated and unsaturated fat is just chemistry. Saturated fats are saturated with hydrogen atoms, that's the difference. So what does that mean to you? Not a whole lot. LOL. But it is good to know what is healthy and what isn't. Some saturated fats are ok for you. Like the fats found in dairy etc. You should also know that saturated fats are only found in animal products. But there is no reason to fear them, as long as you aren't eating a ton of them. Unsaturated fats are still just as high in calories (9 cal per gram) and in excess are just as bad for your health. The worst, in my opinion, are hydrogenated fats. These are unsaturated fats that are made saturated by human processing. This process prevents things (like peanut butter) from separating, but it is really unhealthy. hope this clarified things for you a bit!

Answer 3

Saturated fat examples are butter, lard, coconut oil and dairy products.
Unsaturated fat examples are Avocado, soybean, canola and olive oils.
some call saturated fats bad and unsaturated fats good. this is kind of a misconception because we need both. the problem is that the majority of people, (in the USA) eat too many saturated fats.
the membranes of our cells are made up of fats, and we need a balance of both kinds for our cells to function properly. If you have an imbalance of too many saturated fats then that promotes inflamation, which is needed for short term healing of a wound, but the imbalance can cause chronic inflamation, which can cause a list of problems, arthritis, cancer, high blood pressure, alzheimers disease. an imbalance the other way would cause a lack of inflamation, or the body doesn't heal well, which is what they have in asian countries like japan, china, they eat a lot of fish oils. a ratio of one to one would be perfect, but in autopsies in the United States the ratio is an average of ten to one! some places it is twenty to one!
hope this helps.

Answer 4

Saturated fat: fat acid chains without double bounds. They are solid at a normal temperature and they have animal origin (e.g. butter). Also vegetal hydrogenate fats are saturated fats.

Unsaturated fat: fat acid chains with double bounds. They are liquid and they have vegetal origin (e.g. olive oil).

If you have to choose...UNSATURATED FAT is better!

Answer 5

No such thing as un-saturated fat.

Saturated fat's are from animals such as pork, beef etc. It's distinguishing remarks are that it's solid at room temperature.

Then you ahve Polysaturated and Monosaturated fats as well as trans fatty acids. You want the poly / mono saturated fats and those are liquid at room temperature. They arein peanut butter, flaxseeds, most nuts / seeds, fish oil, olive oil etc..........

Avoid transfaty acids like the plague as well as saturated fat, thats the **** that will leave you gasping for air dying of a heartattack at age 40.

Answer 6

you really need a visual to fully understand fats. check out the website below.

scroll down to the section titled Fats read the info on the types of fats the select the link titled Fats for more information

http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/BiologyPages/N/Nutrition.html#fats

Answer 7

saturated fat means full of fat that no more can be added and unsaturated means opposite of it and more fat can be added.

Answer 8

Think big mac vs avocado . Ths link should help http://www.24hourfitness.com/html/nutrition/articles_s/fat

Answer 9

I think, the latter is good fat and the former is undesirable. Please do recheck with professionals, because I am NOT absolutely certain.

Answer 10

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