Mobile formatting disclaimer
A chapter in my bio textbook talks about cis fats and trans fats but doesn’t explain why trans fats are bad for the body. You never see labels on food wrappers about how many cis fats a food has, only the trans fats. I know how they’re different structurally, trans fats just have hydrogen atoms on different sides and cis fats have them on the same side. How does the positioning of a hydrogen atom make a food bad for you?
In: 1
geometric configuration directly affects chemical interaction. think of it like a 3d puzzle that not only does the shape need to fit in some way but colors match as well(electron bounds(atomic balancing of electrons vs protons+neutrons) of elements making up the molecule. this is wildly over simplified…
Latest Answers