sat fat

A form of saturated fat — A type of dietary fat composed of fatty acid chains that contain only single bonds between carbon atoms and are fully saturated with hydrogen atoms.

Meanings

nounsat fat (plural sat fats)

plural sat fats

  1. abbreviationAbbreviation of saturated fat.

    Liquid dats, otherwise known as oils, are mixtures of sat fats and unsaturated fats.

    2011, Carol Ann Rinzler, Nutrition for Dummies, Wiley, page 206
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    Avoid coconut, palm, and palm kernel oils—all are high in the sat fats that raise LDL cholesterol.

    2006 January, Gloria McVeigh, “Check for trans and sat fats”, in Prevention, page 64

    Olive oil has some sat fats too, but unlike the others, it has a very high ratio of unsaturated fats to saturated fats—and those are the kind that you want in your diet.

    2015, Michael F. Roizen, This Is Your Do-Over, Simon & Schuster, page 329

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