Trans fat, the Glossary
Trans fat, also called trans-unsaturated fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, is a type of unsaturated fat that occurs in foods.[1]
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- Edible oil chemistry
Acne
Acne, also known as acne vulgaris, is a long-term skin condition that occurs when dead skin cells and oil from the skin clog hair follicles.
Aggression
Aggression is a behavior aimed at opposing or attacking something or someone.
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia.
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American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA) is an American professional association and lobbying group of physicians and medical students.
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American Public Health Association
The American Public Health Association (APHA) is a Washington, D.C.-based professional membership and advocacy organization for public health professionals in the United States.
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Andrew Lansley
Andrew David Lansley, Baron Lansley, (born 11 December 1956) is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons.
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Apolipoprotein
Apolipoproteins are proteins that bind lipids (oil-soluble substances such as fats, cholesterol and fat soluble vitamins) to form lipoproteins.
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Arachidonic acid
Arachidonic acid (AA, sometimes ARA) is a polyunsaturated omega-6 fatty acid 20:4(ω-6), or 20:4(5,8,11,14). Trans fat and Arachidonic acid are fatty acids.
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Asda
Asda Stores Limited, trading as Asda and often styled as ASDA, is a British supermarket and petrol station chain.
Atlanta
Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.
Auckland
Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of about It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of as of It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth largest city in Oceania.
Autoxidation
Autoxidation (sometimes auto-oxidation) refers to oxidations brought about by reactions with oxygen at normal temperatures, without the intervention of flame or electric spark.
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Ban (law)
A ban is a formal or informal prohibition of something.
Becel
Becel is a brand of margarine produced by Dutch company Upfield.
Blood test
A blood test is a laboratory analysis performed on a blood sample that is usually extracted from a vein in the arm using a hypodermic needle, or via fingerprick.
Boots (company)
Boots UK Limited (formerly Boots the Chemists Limited), trading as Boots, is a health and beauty retailer and pharmacy chain that operates in the United Kingdom.
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Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency
The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (italics, Anvisa, literally National Health Surveillance Agency) is a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, created in 1999 during President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's term of office.
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Breast milk
Breast milk (sometimes spelled as breastmilk) or mother's milk is milk produced by the mammary glands in the breast of human females.
Bunge Global
Bunge Global SA (BUN-ghee) is a global agribusiness and food company, incorporated in Geneva, Switzerland and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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Burger King
Burger King Corporation (BK, stylized in all caps) is an American multinational chain of hamburger fast food restaurants.
Butterfat
Butterfat or milkfat is the fatty portion of milk.
C-reactive protein
C-reactive protein (CRP) is an annular (ring-shaped) pentameric protein found in blood plasma, whose circulating concentrations rise in response to inflammation.
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Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is a biomolecule consisting of carbon (C), hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O) atoms, usually with a hydrogen–oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 (as in water) and thus with the empirical formula (where m may or may not be different from n), which does not mean the H has covalent bonds with O (for example with, H has a covalent bond with C but not with O). Trans fat and carbohydrate are nutrition.
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Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
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CBC News
CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.
Celsius
The degree Celsius is the unit of temperature on the Celsius temperature scale "Celsius temperature scale, also called centigrade temperature scale, scale based on 0 ° for the melting point of water and 100 ° for the boiling point of water at 1 atm pressure." (originally known as the centigrade scale outside Sweden), one of two temperature scales used in the International System of Units (SI), the other being the closely related Kelvin scale.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit watchdog and consumer advocacy group that advocates for safer and healthier foods.
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Chemical formula
A chemical formula is a way of presenting information about the chemical proportions of atoms that constitute a particular chemical compound or molecule, using chemical element symbols, numbers, and sometimes also other symbols, such as parentheses, dashes, brackets, commas and plus (+) and minus (−) signs.
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Chemist
A chemist (from Greek chēm(ía) alchemy; replacing chymist from Medieval Latin alchemist) is a graduated scientist trained in the study of chemistry, or an officially enrolled student in the field.
Cholesterol
Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. Trans fat and Cholesterol are nutrition.
Cholesteryl ester
Cholesterol oleate, a member of the cholesteryl ester family Cholesteryl ester, a dietary lipid, is an ester of cholesterol.
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Christopher Pyne
Christopher Maurice Pyne (born 13 August 1967) is a retired Australian politician.
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Chromatography
In chemical analysis, chromatography is a laboratory technique for the separation of a mixture into its components.
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Cis–trans isomerism
Cis–trans isomerism, also known as geometric isomerism, describes certain arrangements of atoms within molecules.
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Class action
A class action, also known as a class action lawsuit, class suit, or representative action, is a type of lawsuit where one of the parties is a group of people who are represented collectively by a member or members of that group.
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Co-op Food
Co-op Food is a brand used for the food retail business of The Co-operative Group in the United Kingdom.
Codex Alimentarius
The i is a collection of internationally recognized standards, codes of practice, guidelines, and other recommendations published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations relating to food, food production, food labeling, and food safety.
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Cohort study
A cohort study is a particular form of longitudinal study that samples a cohort (a group of people who share a defining characteristic, typically those who experienced a common event in a selected period, such as birth or graduation), performing a cross-section at intervals through time.
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Common Agricultural Policy
The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission.
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Confidence interval
Informally, in frequentist statistics, a confidence interval (CI) is an interval which is expected to typically contain the parameter being estimated.
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Conjugated linoleic acid
Conjugated linoleic acids (CLA) are a family of isomers of linoleic acid. Trans fat and Conjugated linoleic acid are fatty acids.
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Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart.
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Cottonseed oil
Cottonseed oil is cooking oil from the seeds of cotton plants of various species, mainly Gossypium hirsutum and Gossypium herbaceum, that are grown for cotton fiber, animal feed, and oil.
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Crisco
Crisco is an American brand of shortening that is produced by B%26G Foods.
Crossover study
In medicine, a crossover study or crossover trial is a longitudinal study in which subjects receive a sequence of different treatments (or exposures).
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Cytokine
Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa) important in cell signaling.
Dairy product
Dairy products or milk products, also known as lacticinia, are food products made from (or containing) milk.
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Dementia
Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that affects a person's ability to perform everyday activities.
Denmark
Denmark (Danmark) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe.
Department of Health (Philippines)
The Department of Health (DOH; Kagawaran ng Kalusugan) is the executive department of the government of the Philippines responsible for ensuring access to basic public health services by all Filipinos through the provision of quality health care, the regulation of all health services and products.
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Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus, often known simply as diabetes, is a group of common endocrine diseases characterized by sustained high blood sugar levels.
Docosahexaenoic acid
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 fatty acid that is an important component of the human brain, cerebral cortex, skin, and retina. Trans fat and Docosahexaenoic acid are fatty acids.
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Double bond
In chemistry, a double bond is a covalent bond between two atoms involving four bonding electrons as opposed to two in a single bond.
Ductility
Ductility refers to the ability of a material to sustain significant plastic deformation before fracture.
Elaidic acid
Elaidic acid is a chemical compound with the formula, specifically the fatty acid with structural formula, with the double bond (between carbon atoms 9 and 10) in ''trans'' configuration. Trans fat and Elaidic acid are fatty acids.
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Empathy
Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on another's perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience.
Enzyme
Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts by accelerating chemical reactions. Trans fat and Enzyme are Catalysis.
Essential fatty acid
Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that are required by humans and other animals for normal physiological function that cannot be synthesized in the body.
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is the agency of the European Union (EU) that provides independent scientific advice and communicates on existing and emerging risks associated with the food chain.
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Fat hydrogenation
Fat hydrogenation is the process of combining unsaturated fat with hydrogen in order to partially or completely convert it into saturated fat. Trans fat and fat hydrogenation are edible oil chemistry.
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Fat interesterification
In the food industry and biochemistry, interesterification (IE) is a process that rearranges the fatty acids of a fat product, typically a mixture of triglycerides. Trans fat and fat interesterification are edible oil chemistry and lipids.
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Fatty acid desaturase
Fatty acid desaturases (also called unsaturases) are a family of enzymes that convert saturated fatty acids into unsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty acids.
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Federal Register
The Federal Register (FR or sometimes Fed. Reg.) is the official journal of the federal government of the United States that contains government agency rules, proposed rules, and public notices.
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Female infertility
Female infertility refers to infertility in women.
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Fish oil
Fish oil is oil derived from the tissues of oily fish.
Food and Drug Administration
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or US FDA) is a federal agency of the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Food energy
Food energy is chemical energy that animals (including humans) derive from their food to sustain their metabolism, including their muscular activity. Trans fat and food energy are nutrition.
Food Standards Agency
The Food Standards Agency is a non-ministerial government department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Fred Kummerow
Fred August Kummerow (October 4, 1914 – May 31, 2017) was a German-born American biochemist.
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Generally recognized as safe
Generally recognized as safe (GRAS) is a United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designation that a chemical or substance added to food is considered safe by experts under the conditions of its intended use.
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Glycemic load
The glycemic load (GL) of food is a number that estimates how much the food will raise a person's blood glucose level after it is eaten.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Health Canada
Health Canada (HC; Santé Canada, SC)Health Canada is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Health.
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Health crisis
A health crisis is an emergency situation or complex health system that affects the public in one or more geographic areas from a particular locality to encompass the entire planet.
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Herford
Herford (Hiarwede) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, located in the lowlands between the hill chains of the Wiehen Hills and the Teutoburg Forest.
High-density lipoprotein
High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins.
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Hungary
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
Hydrogenation
Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction between molecular hydrogen (H2) and another compound or element, usually in the presence of a catalyst such as nickel, palladium or platinum.
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Iceland (supermarket)
Iceland Foods Limited, trading as Iceland, is a British supermarket chain headquartered in Deeside, Wales.
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Inter Press Service
Inter Press Service (IPS) is a global news agency headquartered in Rome, Italy.
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International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is an international federation of National Adhering Organizations working for the advancement of the chemical sciences, especially by developing nomenclature and terminology.
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IOI Group
IOI Corporation Berhad, commonly referred to as IOI, was incorporated on 31 October 1969 as Industrial Oxygen Incorporated Sdn Bhd.
Irritability
Irritability is the excitatory ability that living organisms have to respond to changes in their environment.
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Isomerization
In chemistry, isomerization or isomerisation is the process in which a molecule, polyatomic ion or molecular fragment is transformed into an isomer with a different chemical structure.
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JAMA Neurology
JAMA Neurology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by the American Medical Association.
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Joseph Crosfield
Joseph Crosfield (5 October 1792 – 16 February 1844) was a businessman who established a soap and chemical manufacturing business in Warrington, which was in the historic county of Lancashire and is now in the ceremonial county of Cheshire.
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KFC
KFC Corporation, doing business as KFC (also commonly referred to by its historical name Kentucky Fried Chicken), is an American fast food restaurant chain that specializes in fried chicken.
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (doing business as Kraft Foods Group) was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Lard
Lard is a semi-solid white fat product obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of a pig.
Limbic system
The limbic system, also known as the paleomammalian cortex, is a set of brain structures located on both sides of the thalamus, immediately beneath the medial temporal lobe of the cerebrum primarily in the forebrain.
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Liver
The liver is a major metabolic organ exclusively found in vertebrate animals, which performs many essential biological functions such as detoxification of the organism, and the synthesis of proteins and various other biochemicals necessary for digestion and growth.
Liver function tests
Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs), also referred to as a hepatic panel, are groups of blood tests that provide information about the state of a patient's liver.
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Low-density lipoprotein
Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) is one of the five major groups of lipoprotein that transport all fat molecules around the body in extracellular water.
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Major depressive disorder
Major depressive disorder (MDD), also known as clinical depression, is a mental disorder characterized by at least two weeks of pervasive low mood, low self-esteem, and loss of interest or pleasure in normally enjoyable activities.
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Margarine
Margarine (also) is a spread used for flavoring, baking, and cooking.
Marks & Spencer
Marks and Spencer plc (commonly abbreviated to M&S and colloquially known as Marks or Marks & Sparks) is a major British multinational retailer based in London, England, that specialises in selling clothing, beauty products, home products and food products.
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McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food chain, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.
Meat
Meat is animal tissue, often muscle, that is eaten as food.
Memory
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed.
Milk
Milk is a white liquid food produced by the mammary glands of mammals.
Ministry of Health (Singapore)
The Ministry of Health (MOH; Kementerian Kesihatan; 卫生部; சுகாதார அமைச்சு) is a ministry of the Government of Singapore responsible for managing the public healthcare system in Singapore.
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Monounsaturated fat
In biochemistry and nutrition, a monounsaturated fat is a fat that contains a monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), a subclass of fatty acid characterized by having a double bond in the fatty acid chain with all of the remaining carbon atoms being single-bonded. Trans fat and monounsaturated fat are fatty acids, lipids and nutrition.
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National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization.
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National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is an executive non-departmental public body, in England, of the Department of Health and Social Care, that publishes guidelines in four areas.
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NBC News
NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC.
New Scientist
New Scientist is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Nurses' Health Study
The Nurses Health Study is a series of prospective studies that examine epidemiology and the long-term effects of nutrition, hormones, environment, and nurses' work-life on health and disease development.
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Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition, sometimes considered a disease, in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that it can potentially have negative effects on health. Trans fat and Obesity are nutrition.
Oleic acid
Oleic acid is a fatty acid that occurs naturally in various animal and vegetable fats and oils. Trans fat and Oleic acid are fatty acids.
Omega-3 fatty acid
Omega−3 fatty acids, also called Omega−3 oils, ω−3 fatty acids, Ω-3 Fatty acids or n−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) characterized by the presence of a double bond three atoms away from the terminal methyl group in their chemical structure. Trans fat and Omega-3 fatty acid are fatty acids.
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Orbitofrontal cortex
The orbitofrontal cortex (OFC) is a prefrontal cortex region in the frontal lobes of the brain which is involved in the cognitive process of decision-making.
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Oreo
Oreo (stylized in all caps) is a brand of sandwich cookie consisting of two cocoa biscuits or cookie pieces with a sweet fondant filling.
Palm oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms.
Phil Sokolof
Phil Sokolof (December 15, 1921 – April 15, 2004) was a multi-millionaire businessman and campaigner against heart disease.
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Physical chemistry
Physical chemistry is the study of macroscopic and microscopic phenomena in chemical systems in terms of the principles, practices, and concepts of physics such as motion, energy, force, time, thermodynamics, quantum chemistry, statistical mechanics, analytical dynamics and chemical equilibria.
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Polyunsaturated fat
In biochemistry and nutrition, a polyunsaturated fat is a fat that contains a polyunsaturated fatty acid (abbreviated PUFA), which is a subclass of fatty acid characterized by a backbone with two or more carbon–carbon double bonds. Trans fat and polyunsaturated fat are fatty acids and nutrition.
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Prandial
Prandial relates to a meal.
Private label
A private label, also called a private brand or private-label brand, is a brand owned by a company, offered by that company alongside and competing with brands from other businesses.
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Procter & Gamble
The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) is an American multinational consumer goods corporation headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble.
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Prospective cohort study
A prospective cohort study is a longitudinal cohort study that follows over time a group of similar individuals (cohorts) who differ with respect to certain factors under study to determine how these factors affect rates of a certain outcome.
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Prostaglandin
Prostaglandins (PG) are a group of physiologically active lipid compounds called eicosanoids that have diverse hormone-like effects in animals.
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Quartile
In statistics, quartiles are a type of quantiles which divide the number of data points into four parts, or quarters, of more-or-less equal size.
Radical (chemistry)
In chemistry, a radical, also known as a free radical, is an atom, molecule, or ion that has at least one unpaired valence electron.
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Rancidification
Rancidification is the process of complete or incomplete autoxidation or hydrolysis of fats and oils when exposed to air, light, moisture, or bacterial action, producing short-chain aldehydes, ketones and free fatty acids. Trans fat and Rancidification are edible oil chemistry.
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Rapeseed oil
Close-up of canola blooms Canola flower Rapeseed oil is one of the oldest known vegetable oils.
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Ratio
In mathematics, a ratio shows how many times one number contains another.
Refined grains
Refined grains have been significantly modified from their natural composition, in contrast to whole grains.
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Relative risk
The relative risk (RR) or risk ratio is the ratio of the probability of an outcome in an exposed group to the probability of an outcome in an unexposed group.
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Reward system
The reward system (the mesocorticolimbic circuit) is a group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., "wanting"; desire or craving for a reward and motivation), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly ones involving pleasure as a core component (e.g., joy, euphoria and ecstasy).
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Room temperature
Room temperature, colloquially, denotes the range of air temperatures most people find comfortable indoors while dressed in typical clothing.
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Rumen
The rumen, also known as a paunch, is the largest stomach compartment in ruminants and the larger part of the reticulorumen, which is the first chamber in the alimentary canal of ruminant animals.
Ruminant
Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.
Sainsbury's
J Sainsbury plc, trading as Sainsbury's, is a British supermarket and the second-largest chain of supermarkets in the United Kingdom.
Saturated fat
A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds between the carbon atoms. Trans fat and saturated fat are edible oil chemistry, fatty acids, lipids and nutrition.
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Saudi Food and Drug Authority
Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) (Arabic: الهيئة العامة للغذاء والدواء) is an independent body for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia that aims to ensure food and drug safety for the nation.
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Shelf life
Shelf life is the length of time that a commodity may be stored without becoming unfit for use, consumption, or sale.
Shortening
Shortening is any fat that is a solid at room temperature and is used to make crumbly pastry and other food products.
Side reaction
A side reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs at the same time as the actual main reaction, but to a lesser extent.
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Snack
A snack is a small portion of food generally eaten between meals.
Soybean oil
Soybean oil (British English: soyabean oil) is a vegetable oil extracted from the seeds of the soybean (Glycine max).
Spry Vegetable Shortening
Spry was a brand of vegetable shortening produced by Lever Brothers starting in 1936.
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Statistical population
In statistics, a population is a set of similar items or events which is of interest for some question or experiment.
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Stearic acid
Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid with an 18-carbon chain. Trans fat and Stearic acid are fatty acids.
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Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
Sunflower oil
Sunflower oil is the non-volatile oil pressed from the seeds of the sunflower (Helianthus annuus).
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
Tablespoon
A tablespoon (tbsp., Tbsp., Tb., or T.) is a large spoon.
Tallow
Tallow is a rendered form of beef or mutton suet, primarily made up of triglycerides.
Tesco
Tesco plc is a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, England.
The BMJ
The BMJ is a weekly peer-reviewed medical journal, published by BMJ Group, which in turn is wholly-owned by the British Medical Association (BMA).
The J.M. Smucker Company
The J.M. Smucker Company, also known as Smuckers, is an American manufacturer of food and beverage products.
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The New England Journal of Medicine
The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly medical journal published by the Massachusetts Medical Society.
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Title 21 of the Code of Federal Regulations
Title 21 is the portion of the Code of Federal Regulations that governs food and drugs within the United States for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
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Type 2 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D), formerly known as adult-onset diabetes, is a form of diabetes mellitus that is characterized by high blood sugar, insulin resistance, and relative lack of insulin.
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Unilever
Unilever PLC is a British multinational fast-moving consumer goods company founded on 2 September 1929 following the merger of British soap maker Lever Brothers and Dutch margarine producer Margarine Unie.
United States Department of Agriculture
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is an executive department of the United States federal government that aims to meet the needs of commercial farming and livestock food production, promotes agricultural trade and production, works to assure food safety, protects natural resources, fosters rural communities and works to end hunger in the United States and internationally.
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United States Department of Health and Human Services
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services.
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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC, U of I, Illinois, or University of Illinois) is a public land-grant research university in the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area, Illinois, United States.
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Unsaturated fat
An unsaturated fat is a fat or fatty acid in which there is at least one double bond within the fatty acid chain. Trans fat and unsaturated fat are edible oil chemistry, fatty acids, lipids and nutrition.
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Vaccenic acid
Vaccenic acid is a naturally occurring trans fatty acid and an omega-7 fatty acid. Trans fat and Vaccenic acid are fatty acids.
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Waitrose
Waitrose Limited, trading as Waitrose & Partners, is a brand of British supermarkets, founded in 1904 as Waite, Rose & Taylor, later shortened to Waitrose.
Walmart
Walmart Inc. (formerly Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.) is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets (also called supercenters), discount department stores, and grocery stores in the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Warrington
Warrington is an industrial town in the borough of the same name in Cheshire, England.
Wendy's
Wendy's is an American international fast food restaurant chain founded by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio.
Western pattern diet
The Western pattern diet is a modern dietary pattern that is generally characterized by high intakes of pre-packaged foods, refined grains, red meat, processed meat, high-sugar drinks, candy and sweets, fried foods, industrially produced animal products, butter and other high-fat dairy products, eggs, potatoes, corn (and high-fructose corn syrup), and low intakes of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, pasture-raised animal products, fish, nuts, and seeds.
See Trans fat and Western pattern diet
Whale oil
Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales.
White sugar
White sugar, also called table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, is a commonly used type of sugar, made either of beet sugar or cane sugar, which has undergone a refining process.
Wilhelm Normann
Wilhelm Normann (16 January 1870, in Petershagen – 1 May 1939, in Chemnitz) (sometimes also spelled Norman) was a German chemist who introduced the hydrogenation of fats in 1901. Trans fat and Wilhelm Normann are Catalysis.
See Trans fat and Wilhelm Normann
World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
See Trans fat and World Health Organization
See also
Edible oil chemistry
- Acid value
- Cloud point
- Degree of unsaturation
- Fat hydrogenation
- Fat interesterification
- Fatty acid
- Iodine value
- Peroxide value
- Rancidification
- Reichert value
- Saturated fat
- Smoke point
- Trans fat
- Unsaturated fat
- Volatile acid
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans_fat
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