The Deal with Fat

Dietary science is complicated-- one day something is good for you and the next it's not. Learn what we DO know about fat chemistry in this episode of SciShow.
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Where Does Some of that Carbon Go?:
Hosted by: Hank Green
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Sources:
Trans fats are bad
Fat Nutrition Overview:
Monounsaturated vs Polyunsaturated
Essential Fatty Acids:
Low fat diets don’t help:
Reduction in saturated fat has a small but measurable affect on cardiovascular health: