polyunsaturated
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˌpɒliˌʌnˈsætʃʊˌreɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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poliinsaturado
- The studies on artificial diets, in particular, have shown that long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are extremely important for the survival of both the larvae and postlarvae.
- polyunsaturated fatty
- polyunsaturated fatty acids
- polyunsaturated fats
And usually it's kind of the opposite, where they're trying to push that, you know, polyunsaturated fats are what's causing a lot of our health problems.
- And usually it's kind of the opposite, where they're trying to push that, you know, polyunsaturated fats are what's causing a lot of our health problems.
- They can't really work with polyunsaturated or monounsaturated fats and so there are certain oils that you need to avoid and greatly decrease in your diet.
- To your point, people often make all sorts of claims about seed oils and polyunsaturated fats in general.
- Does it contain healthy other nutrients like fibre and mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids?
- Two, I think oxidation status, so it so fish oil is a polyunsaturated fatty acid, so it is prone to oxidation.
- We know that mono unsaturated fatty acids are good for our health, and we know that polyunsaturated fatty acids are also good for our health.
- And so with that, I dove into the biochemistry of the essential fatty acids, which are the polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- Another class is polyunsaturated fatty acids.
Examples
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Reducing saturated fat and ensuring adequate intake of essential long-chain polyunsaturated fats appears to be most beneficial for preventing atherosclerosis.
Academic text (2004) -
Foods such as walnuts and flaxseeds contain high levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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So what's an example of a polyunsaturated fatty acid?
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To your point, people often make all sorts of claims about seed oils and polyunsaturated fats in general.
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We know that mono unsaturated fatty acids are good for our health, and we know that polyunsaturated fatty acids are also good for our health.
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Including polyunsaturated fats in your diet can help improve heart health.
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Many cooking oils, like canola and sunflower oil, are rich in polyunsaturated fats.
Synonyms
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6.3
A molecule with double or triple bonds between carbon atoms and fewer hydrogens
A molecule with at least one double bond between carbon atoms
Compounds
- Specialized
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4.4
A type of fat in fish and some vegetable oils that can help your heart
How Unsaturated
Surface Forms
Morphology
polyunsaturated = unsaturated (semi-transparent) = poly + un + saturate + ed
The word is transparently formed by adding poly- to unsaturated, even though the chemistry-specific meaning is technical.
Etymology
Polyunsaturated comes from poly- meaning 'many', as in polygon, and unsaturated, where saturated means 'full' so unsaturated means 'not full'. So polyunsaturated describes fats with 'many not-full' spots in their chain, which is why they behave differently from saturated fats and are often thought to be healthier.