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What're the differences between monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fats?
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Poly vs monsaturated: Chemically speaking, polyunsaturated fats are fats that have more than one double-bonded (unsaturated) carbon in the molecule whereas monosaturated fats have one double-bounded (unsaturated ) carbon per molecule.
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