Chapter8: The Vitamins
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The fatty acids that must be obtained from diet because they are important to man are used to produce an essential chemical substance called?
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The breakdown of fats stored in the body yields fatty acids. Fatty acids are utilized to meet energy requirements of the body.
Essential fatty acids are the ones that are not synthesized by the body and need to be obtained through diet. Non-essential fatty acids are the ones that are synthesized within the body itself.
Saturated fatty acids are the ones that contain only single bonds whereas unsaturated are the ones that contain double bonds. Polyunsaturated fatty acids contain more than one double bond.
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