What are d monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids?

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What are d monounsaturated or polyunsaturated fatty acids?

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Introduction : We have to tell what are the monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids .

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Monounsaturated fatty acids : 

Food which we intake contain primarly unsaturated fats .So, monosaturated fatty acids are one of them .It is found in variety of foods and oils.Also  these are healthy for human body as reduces blood cholesterol level which decreases heart diseases and also control diabetes .

Polyunsaturated fatty acids: 

This is another primarly fatty acid which is mostly found in foods which come from plants  based foods and oils.These type of fatty acids also reduces heart diseases and also control diabetes.

Example : omega -3-fatty acids

 

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