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RSSSaturated fat
Saturated fat is fat that
consists of triglycerides
containing only saturated
fatty acids. Diets high in
saturated fat correlate in
some studies with an
increased incidence of
atherosclerosis and coronary
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Fatty acid
A fatty acid is a carboxylic
acid (or organic acid),
often with a long aliphatic
tail (long chains), either
saturated or unsaturated.
Depending on the context,
fatty acids may be assumed
to have at least 8 carbon
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Unsaturated fat
An unsaturated fat is a fat
or fatty acid in which there
is one or more double bond
in the fatty acid chain. A
fat molecule is
monounsaturated if it
contains one double bond,
and polyunsaturated if it
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Hypercholesterolemia
Hypercholesterolemia
(literally: high blood
cholesterol) is the presence
of high levels of
cholesterol in the blood. ... > full story
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