HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Good sources of monounsaturated fats are olive oil, peanut oil, most nuts, avocados, canola oil and canola/olive oil spreads.

Detailed explanation-2: -Examples of unsaturated fats are myristoleic acid, palmitoleic acid, sapienic acid, oleic acid, elaidic acid, vaccenic acid, linoleic acid, linoelaidic acid, alpha-linolenic acid, arachidonic acid, erucic acid, docosahexaenoic acid, and eicosapentaenoic acid.

Detailed explanation-3: -Olive oil has 70-80% oleic acid which is a monounsaturated fat, and 8-10% polyunsaturated fats. On the other hand most other vegetable oils contain less monounsaturated fats and more polyunsaturated fats.