HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -Animal fats with stearic acid and palmitic acid (common in meat) and the fat with butyric acid (common in butter) are examples of saturated fats. Mammals store fats in specialized cells called adipocytes, where globules of fat occupy most of the cell’s volume.

Detailed explanation-2: -There are two types of fatty acids: saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids. Animals use saturated fatty acids to store energy. Plants use unsaturated fatty acids to store energy. Phospholipids are the major components of cell membranes.

Detailed explanation-3: -Animals store most of their excess glucose as energy in the form of fatty acids because fats are the most energy dense form of molecule, allowing animals to store the highest amount of energy in the least amount of space. Fats consist of only high-energy bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms.