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| a category of carbon,hydrogen and oxygen compound that is insoluble in water |
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| the two polyunsaturated fatty acids that the body cannot make therefore must be eaten in foods linolic acid and alpha linolenic acid |
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| three fatty acids that are attached to glycerol backbone also known as fat |
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| the three backbone of a tryglyceride |
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| a compound that allows for two insoluble substances to mix |
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| low density lipoprotein (LDL) |
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| bad cholesterol due to the deposit of cholesterol in the walls of the arteries |
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| high density lipoprotein HDL |
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| good cholestoral removes cholesterol from the tissues and delivers it to the liver to be used as part of bile and or to be excreted from the body |
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| adding hydrogen to an unsaturated fatty acid to make it more stared and solid at room temperature |
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| substance that results from the process of hydrogenation of an unsaturated fatty acid causing a reconfiguring of some of its fuel bonds. |
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| compounds in your body that consist of numerous amino acids and are found in all living cells |
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| the building blocks of protein amino acids contain carbon hydrogen oxygen and nitrogen |
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| the alteration of proteins shape which changes the structure and the function of the protein |
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