Institute a State-wide Ban of the Use of Trans Fat? Trans fats are a type of fat often used in preparation of fried foods in order to enhance the flavor and‚ in some cases‚ increase the shelf life of a product‚ but these inexpensive‚ artificially produced fats have been liked to heart disease because they increase levels of bad cholesterol in the body while lowering levels of good cholesterol and that is why I agree that we should ban the use of trans fats in New Jersey restaurants and food establishments
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Ban Trans-Fat Although fats are considered to be a part of our health‚ there are certain types that should be ignored. One of which has drawn controversial issues is trans-fat. Trans-fat is mostly found in many food sources such as vegetable oil‚ crackers‚ cookies and margarine. It increases blood levels of low density lipoprotein that is considered to be bad cholesterol‚ and decreases level of good cholesterol‚ high density lipoprotein. Trans-fat is created when oils are partially hydrogenated
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End date: Mon Oct 01 2012 Nutrient Recommended Daily Intake Comments Kilocalories 2533 kcal Calories from Fat 507 - 887 kcal 20 - 35% total Kcalories Fat‚ Total 56 - 99 g 20 - 35% total Kcalories Saturated Fat < 28.1 g < 10% total Kcalories Trans Fatty Acid minimize Monounsaturated Fat not determined Polyunsaturated Fat not determined Omega-6 Fatty Acids 12.0 g Omega-3 Fatty Acids 1.1 g Cholesterol < 300 mg Carbohydrate
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Face the Facts What are bad fats? Bad fats are saturated fat and trans- fat. Saturated fat have chemical makeup in which the carbon atoms are saturated with hydrogen atoms. Saturated fats occur naturally in many foods. The majority come mainly from animal sources‚ including meat and dairy products. Examples are fatty beef‚ lamb‚ pork‚ poultry with skin‚ beef fat (tallow)‚ lard and cream‚ butter‚ cheese and other dairy products made from whole or reduced-fat (2 percent) milk. These foods also
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Fat Breakdown 1. According to the Mayo Clinic‚ saturated fats should only comprise no more than 10 percent of your daily fat intake. For my three-day food record‚ Saturated fat contributed to 10 percent of my fat intake. So I was within the recommended daily allowance. My high saturated fat amounts were clearly directly related to the 3 mini burgers topped with onion strings I ate from Matchbox. That same Sunday I also indulged in a brownie‚ also a source of saturated fat. I normally don’t eat
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders Paper SCI/241 Marlys Eggum November 11‚ 2012 Body composition is made up of different types of tissue such as lean tissue‚ muscle‚ bone‚ and organs‚ which are metabolically active and fat tissue that is inactive. Wiley points out that‚ “Where you store your fat affects the health risks associated with having too much. Fat is located under the skin‚ called subcutaneous fat‚ carries
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type of fat affects us in different ways. It is essential that we eat some (the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats)‚ limit some (saturated fats)‚ and try to eliminate some other ones (trans fats). We absolutely need some fats because certain vitamins need fat for the body to be able to use them and some fats actually help our hearts and blood sugar. Now we need to discover which foods contain which fats. Let’s start with the good ones. MUFAs and PUFAs Both MUFAs (monounsaturated fats) and PUFAs
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Saturated fat Saturated fat has all single bonds. Saturated fats are made of long chains of carbon atoms and they are together by single bonds such as; (-c-c-) they also can be linked by double bonds. Double bonds can react with hydrogen so it can form a single bond and that’s called saturated. They call it saturated because the bond will break and each half would connect to a hydrogen atom. Things that saturated fat is in are: cream‚ cheese‚ butter‚ and other dairy products. Saturated fats is also
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Introduction What is fat? Fat is one of the major nutrients needed in the human body. As soon as somebody mentions fat you automatically think of butter‚ greasy foods like French fries‚ and meat. However‚ oils that are stored at room temperature are fats too. But there is also a good side to fat. We need to keep a healthy amount of it to help our body function properly also if we consume too much of it you could have major health problems. There are three main forms of Ground Beef needed in this
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Timia Roberts Chemistry March‚29‚17 Saturated Fat Saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acids all have single bonds. It’s made up of two kinds of smaller molecules called monoglyceride and fatty acids. The fat is linked with a double bond. Double bonds can work with hydrogen to form a single bond. When the second bond breaks‚ each half of the bond is attached to a hydrogen atom. Saturated fat is mixed in all kinds of our everyday food. Its mixed in lamb‚ pork‚ butter‚ cheese
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