Animal fat like what is found in steak marbling or seafood fried in vegetable-sourced oil is a triglyceride, a compound of fatty acid that also is found in the human bloodstream. Alexandria Randolph | dispatch record
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first is a series on fats and their role in our health.
Have you ever heard the old saying, “Eat fat, get fat”? When my mother was growing up, she was afraid to eat mayonnaise or drink milk because the adage had her convinced that the fat she ate immediately would become fat inside her body.
Would you be surprised to learn that isn’t necessarily true? Triglycerides are gro…
