{"id":25321,"date":"2020-07-02T06:09:58","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T06:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=25321"},"modified":"2023-03-20T06:15:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T06:15:17","slug":"unsaturated-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/unsaturated-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"Unsaturated fat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Unsaturated-fat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-25322\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Unsaturated-fat-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Any fat that is not completely hydrogenated (mono- and polyunsaturated); liquid at room temperature.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fat which does not have a large amount of hydrogen, and so can be broken down more easily.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Contain double bonds between carbon atoms; usually are vegetable rather than animal fat.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Fats with fatty acids with double bonds between the carbon atoms.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Dietary fats that come primarily from plants and fish rather than from animal sources and are divided into two groups: polyunsaturated and mono- unsaturated fats.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Type of fat obtained from plant sources and fish; two types are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any fat that is not completely hydrogenated (mono- and polyunsaturated); liquid at room temperature. 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