saturated
14
6.7
- adjective
- /ˈsætʃəˌreɪtɪd/
- Specialized
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saturado
- Number one source of saturated fat is dairy, it's not meat.
- saturated fat
We had a fear of milk fat and saturated fat growing up.
- We had a fear of milk fat and saturated fat growing up.
- They love the fats and saturated fats that are coming from your fast food.
- But you eat butter or salt or like a lot of saturated fat.
- So drop the saturated fats, drop the cholesterol, drop all this stuff that'll kill you fast and eat the breads and things and that OK.
- So do we have a mechanism we do saturated fat raises LDL cholesterol.
- And then they'll say, and what foods have that saturated fat have that cholesterol?
- After adolescence, the saturated fat gates do not open as often.
- I don't know that there's too much evidence to support saturated fat not driving up cholesterol levels.
- So I teach people if you want to feel better, eat saturated fat.
- It does not have anywhere near as much effect on on hyper B as saturated fats do.
Examples
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In fact, saturated fat plays an important role in our health and physiological function.
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The next big danger is that you'll eat too much saturated fat and this will cause you to have a heart attack.
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Let's just say low fat and the saturated fat will go down too.
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We had a fear of milk fat and saturated fat growing up.
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This is all a lot more complicated than just looking at saturated fat.
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Plus I try to avoid saturated fats, but you go ahead.
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Turkey is not only a leaner choice compared to other meats, it's also low in saturated fat.
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The body's inflammatory response may be affected by a diet high in saturated animal fat and commonly used vegetable oils.
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However, I would prefer clean raw saturated fat, such as coconut oil, to potentially contaminated cooked bacon grease.
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Eating too much saturated fat can lead to health problems such as heart disease.
Antonyms
- Specialized
1
6.3
A molecule with double or triple bonds between carbon atoms and fewer hydrogens
Compounds
- Informal
A type of fat found mainly in animal foods that has no double bonds in its chain
How Unsaturated
- Specialized
1
5.5
- Specialized
- Specialized
2
5.2
- Specialized
14
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Saturated comes from the old Latin root satur- meaning 'full'. In chemistry, a saturated hydrocarbon is 'full' of single bonds and hydrogen so it has no room for extra double or triple bonds, which is why we call some fats 'saturated'.