The difference between saturated and unsaturated fats
Fats (triglyceride lipids) are made up of glycerol and fatty acids; these fatty acids are either saturated, monounsaturated or polyunsaturated. They have the same basic …
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Fatty Acids [Glossary]
Fats are made from fatty acids (FAs); generally they are put into three major groups, but each group has many different types of that type …
Saturated fats – good or harmful?
My article in the Jersey Evening Post It had to be 800 words, so here are the 800:
Types of fat
There are four types of natural fat, saturated, mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated and, less commonly, natural transfats; we also have unnatural transfats which are sadly far …
Why eating carbs is a BAD idea for diabetics
Do you have diabetes? Search the internet, including many health sites (even the NHS’s) and you’ll see them advising carbohydrate-based meals for you. This is …