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Answer the following questions and save your responses in a Microsoft Word document. Provide a scholarly resource in APA format to support your answers.
- How are carbohydrates and fats related to each other chemically?
- Mitch was told to watch his saturated fats. What is the difference between a saturated and an unsaturated fat?
- Why is it better to consume unsaturated fats over saturated fats?
- If you look at food packaging you may see the word trans-fat. What is a trans-fat, how is it made, and why would companies want to add trans fats to their foods.
- If Mitch doesn't decrease his triglyceride levels, what types of physical conditions may develop?
Use at least one scholary source. Cited. Use APA format.
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Nutrition Advice: Fats, Carbohydrates, and Heart Health
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Nutrition Advice: Fats, Carbohydrates, and Heart Health
How carbohydrates and fats are related chemically
According to Rolfes, Pinna, and Whitney (2019), fats and carbs are both important
macronutrients that give the body energy. However, there are some important chemical
differences between the two. The building blocks of carbohydrates are carbon, hydrogen, and
oxygen atoms. Their chemical name is (CH2O)n. The way they are built means that they can be
broken down into simple carbs that cells can use as fuel.
Different chemicals make up fats, which are also known as lipids. For example, glycerol and
fatty acids are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen atoms arranged in groups. The long
chains of carbon and hydrogen atoms that make up fats give each one its own special qualities.
Based on the chemical bonds between the carbon atoms, fats are divided into three groups:
saturated, unsaturated, and trans. There are different chemical links between these fats that
change how they are broken down and how they affect health.
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