Saturated fat

fat in which the fatty acid chains have all or predominantly single bonds

Saturated fat is a kind of fat. It has no double bonds. It has carbon atoms that are fully saturated with hydrogen. Saturated fats are usually solid at room temperature. They have no double bonds, while unsaturated fat has one or two. Due to no double bonds, their oxidation process is slow.[1]

Health change

 
Sarurated fat sources

Is saturated fat a risk factor for heart disease (CVD)? This is a question with many controversial views.[2] Although most in the mainstream heart-health, government, and medical communities hold that saturated fat is a risk factor for CVD,[3] some recent studies have produced conflicting results.

For a long time scientists have believed that eating saturated fat was a leading cause for heart attack, cancer, or other diseases. However, new research have shown that there is no connection between how much saturated fat you eat and heart diseases.[4][5][6] This is still a controversial question.

Things like butter, coconut, lard and meat have lots of saturated fat.

Compound change

Saturated means that it holds all the hydrogen atoms that it can, meaning that all of the carbon (c) atoms have two hydrogen (H) atoms attached to it.

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  • Foods high in saturated fat. [1]

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  1. DiNicolantonio, James J.; O’Keefe, James H. (2017). "Good Fats versus Bad Fats: A Comparison of Fatty Acids in the Promotion of Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, and Obesity". Missouri Medicine. 114 (4): 303–307. ISSN 0026-6620. PMC 6140086. PMID 30228616.
  2. Siri-Tarino P.W.; et al. (2010). "Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease". The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 91 (3): 535–46. doi:10.3945/ajcn.2009.27725. PMC 2824152. PMID 20071648.
  3. "Saturated Fat". www.heart.org. Retrieved 2021-07-03.
  4. Zhu, Yongjian; Bo, Yacong; Liu, Yanhua (2019-04-06). "Dietary total fat, fatty acids intake, and risk of cardiovascular disease: a dose-response meta-analysis of cohort studies". Lipids in Health and Disease. 18 (1): 91. doi:10.1186/s12944-019-1035-2. ISSN 1476-511X. PMC 6451787. PMID 30954077.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  5. Kazumasa Yamagishi1 et al 2013 (2013). "Dietary intake of saturated fatty acids and incident stroke and coronary heart disease in Japanese communities: the JPHC Study". European Heart Journal 1225–1232. 34 (16): 1225–1232. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/eht043. PMID 23404536.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. R.S. Kuipers et al 2011 (2011). "Saturated fat, carbohydrates and cardiovascular disease". Netherlands Journal of Medicine. 69 (9) 372–377. 69 (9): 372–378. PMID 21978979.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)