NUTR 120 Lecture 4: Trans Fat
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According to the dri recommendations, the rda for vitamin c for men aged 19-30 is 90 mg/day. It"s linoleic acid; found in vegetable and seed oil: 18:3n-3 they are polyunsaturated, has 3 double bonds, an omega-3 fatty acid found in plants. It is alpha-linolenic acid; found in walnuts or seeds, and flax: circle the legumes/box the tree nuts, peanut, walnut, pinto bean, pecan, chickpeas, lentils, almond. *legumes grow in the grow and are able to fix nitrogen into a nodule formation in the roots it is where bacteria are fixing nitrogen to allow the plant access to nitrogen. *tree nuts grow up in a tree and they come in a hard shell. *both are omega-3 fatty acids, so be critical of which category of fatty acid are they talking about is it the fish oils or alpha-linolenic acid (plant omega-3) Oil found in marine fish (salmon, sardines, etc. ) Found in higher levels in lake fish and wild game.
