Foods that are high in saturated fat are.
Butter, ghee, suet, lard, coconut oil and palm oil.
Cakes.
Biscuits.
Fatty cuts of meat.
Sausages.
Bacon.
Cured meats like salami, chorizo and pancetta.
Cheese.
Saturated fat is a unhealthy dietary type of fat.
A saturated fat is a type of fat in which the fatty acid chains have all single bonds.
A fat known as a glyceride is made of two kinds of smaller molecules: a short glycerol backbone and fatty acids that each contain a long linear or branched chain of carbon atoms.
The saturated fat is one of the unhealthy fats, along with trans fat.
These unhealthy types of fats are most often solid at room temperature.
Foods like butter, palm and coconut oils, cheese, and red meat have high amounts of saturated fat.
Foods that are high in saturated fat include.
Butter, ghee, suet, lard, coconut oil and palm oil.
Cakes.
Biscuits.
Fatty cuts of meat.
Sausages.
Bacon.
Cured meats like salami, chorizo and pancetta.
Cheese.
All fats are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen molecules.
Saturated fats are saturated with hydrogen molecules and contain only single bonds between carbon molecules.
On the other hand, unsaturated fats have at least one double bond between carbon molecules.
Your body needs healthy fats for energy and other functions.
But consuming too much saturated fat can cause cholesterol to build up in your arteries (blood vessels).
Saturated fats raise your LDL (bad) cholesterol. High LDL cholesterol increases your risk for heart disease and stroke.
Our body needs cholesterol to build healthy cells, but high levels of cholesterol can increase your risk of heart disease.
With high cholesterol, you can develop fatty deposits in your blood vessels.
Eventually, these deposits grow, making it difficult for enough blood to flow through your arteries.