Most natural fats contain a complex mixture of individual triglycerides.
Vegetable fats can contain anything between 7% and 86% saturated fatty acids.
Brown fat also contains more capillaries than white fat, since it has a greater need for oxygen than most tissues.
The guideline stated that there should be very little fat in the menu and meals must contain vitamins and minerals.
Carbohydrates contain 3.75 calories per gram whereas fat contains about nine calories.
Yet, without explicit labeling, it is difficult for consumers to determine how much trans fat a product contains.
Various fats contain different proportions of saturated and unsaturated fat.
Both saturated and polyunsaturated fats contain the same amount of calories.
Tallow is especially high in stearic acid content (as the triglyceride), whereas most fats only contain a few percent.
But lentils and potatoes contain only four calories per gram; fat contains nine.