Eating lean meats, skinless poultry, lean dairy products, and vegetable oils while limiting commercially prepared baked goods and snack items will provide you with enough healthy unsaturated fats, with plenty of essential fatty acids, while limiting your intake of unhealthy, saturated fats.

List the functions of proteins

Describe a situation in which vegetarians can meet their protein needs.

Consuming too much plant protein has been associated with higher rates of heart disease.

It is important to keep your intake of linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acids to 10 percent of daily total calories.

Discuss the process of protein digestion.

Describe which different digestive organs are involved in fat digestion.

Foods that contain both monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats are better for your body than foods high in saturated fat, and cholesterol.

It is important to keep your intake of trans fats to a minimum 10 percent of daily total calories.

Describe the anatomy of an amino acid.