u2 nature’s chemistry

• Some fats are good for you while others are bad based on their chemical structure
• Instead of sensing the absence of trans fat as a flavor, you'll perceive your food as being oily or greasy
• Adding four hydrogen atoms to an atom of carbon creates a stable molecule known as methane or natural gas
• A saturated fat results in a very linear or straight molecule, creating solid forms of fat like animal fat or butter
• Multiple carbon atoms bound together create molecules like ethane, propane, butane, and octane
• Not all triglycerides look the same due to the bonding pattern of the hydrocarbons within the fatty acid chains
• Monounsaturated fat

  Refers to unsaturated fats with a single double bond
• Cis fatty acids

  Refers to unsaturated fats where the two remaining hydrogen atoms across a double bond are on the same side of the molecule
• Unsaturated fat

  Results in a molecule that is bent or curved slightly due to the presence of double bonds
• Trans fats change the properties of straight unsaturated fats slightly
• Trans fat

  Results from one of the two hydrogen atoms across a double bond relocating to the opposite side of the molecule, causing it to straighten
• Trans fats persist for a longer period in the bloodstream and are not easily cleared by the body
• Removal of trans fats may change the taste and texture of food products
• People want to hear what to eat and what not to eat in order to be healthy
• Eating lots of fat will make you unhealthy, but so will eating lots of anything
• Studies show that cutting fat intake is useless when attempting to help people lose weight if those calories are replaced by something else
• Double bonds in unsaturated fats

  Lock the structure into place, preventing the fat molecules from stacking into lattices, making them more likely to be liquid at room temperature
• Fats are necessary for life, good for you in correct quantities, provide energy, but can lead to consuming too many calories easily
• Double bond in a fat chain almost always locks it into a kink, preventing fat molecules from stacking into lattices, making them more likely to be liquid at room temperature
• Trans fats were initially seen as a healthy alternative to saturated fats and are now in the process of being completely banned in America
• Unsaturated fats tend to be liquid, making them oils, and come mostly from plants and fish
• Omega-3 fatty acids have a wide range of benefits and are one of the two essential fatty acids
• Double bond in a fat chain

  Can either lock it into a kink or lock it straight