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Diet
Food choices by individuals based on fitness, health, cultural, philosophical or religious considerations.
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unsaturated fat
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An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain. A fatty acid chain is monounsaturated if it contains one double bond, and ...
vegan diet
Fitness; Diet
This is a an extreme form of vegetarian diet, where not only red meat, poultry and fish is avoided, but also anything of animal origin like eggs, dairy, and even honey. (See Amino Acids).
hydrogenated
Fitness; Diet
This is a fat that has been chemically altered from a liquid (oil) to a solid fat. Margarines, for example, are hydrogenated fats, and contain trans fatty acids. Over consumption of these can raise ...