Fat and Oils

Fat and Oils

1. Fat insulates and protects your body

   • Fats provide 9 calories per gram

2. Fat is a essential nutrient for insulation, body energy and protection

3. Food fact

4. Fat definitions

   • Hydrogenation: Good chemical process for making fat
   • Butter: Fat extracted from milk
   • Margerine: Butter substitute made from plant fat
   • Lard: Extracted from animal fats
   • Vegetable Oil: Made from plants
     • Vegetable shortening: blend of hydrogenated oils
   • Rancid: Decomposing fats

5. What are oils?

   • Oils are fats at room temp. They come from plants or fish

6. Lipids

   • Family of chemical compounds including fats and oils

7. Cholesterol

   • Fat like substance made of glucose or saturated fat ( in our blood)

8. Great source of back up energy

   • Secondary to carbohydrates
   • Most concentrated source of energy

9. Function of fat

   • Supplies heat (insulation)
   • Carries vitamin A,D,E,K
   • Add food flavoring
   • Satisfies hunger
   • Protects organs
   • Promotes healthy skin

10. Fat solubule vitamins A D E K can ONLY dissolve in fat

11. Fatty acids

    • 2 Chemical chains that make up fats
      • Saturated
      • Polyunsaturated
      • Monounsaturated

12. Saturated fatty acids

    • Fats that usually come from animal sources and are solid at room temp.

13. Polyunsaturated fats

    • Comes from veggies and fish, semi-liquid at room temp.

14. Monounsaturated fats

    • Semi solid or liquid at room temp.

15. Trans fat

    • Unsaturated fat molecule that is chem. changed

16. Cholesterol is good because it is essential to live but its bad if you have too much

    • Good: HDL cholesterol
    • Bad: LDL cholesterol

17. Trans fats are terrible for your health

    • Look for "partially hydrogenated" on a nutrition label to see if its healthy or not
    • Even though trans fats are unsaturated, its still very bad for your health