Fats You Need – Essential Fatty Acids

The distinctiveness of cis & trans fatty acids merit unique names: cis-9-octadecanoic acid is oleic acid, whereas trans-9-octadecanoic acid is elaidic acid. The body cannot make an omega−3 or omega−6 fatty acid because human metabolism cannot add a double-bond to a fatty acid that is more than 9 carbons away from the delta end. ................
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