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Top 5 Pastries Consumed Knowledge

(among 25 Respondents) (FATS and LIPIDS)

IMPORTANCE FUNCTIONS
Lipids, they consist of your triglycerides which are • First off, fat adds flavor to the foods that we eat, that gives
your fats and oils, that may be categorized as your a lasting impact for the flavor of food in our mouth (Lucca
Top 1 Top 2 saturated (mostly animal fats), monounsaturated & Tepper, 1994).
(olive and canola oils) and polyunsaturated fats
Starbucks Chocolate Chunk Cookies Krispy Kreme’s Original Glazed Donuts (Linoleic Acid and Linolenic Acid), which are • Next is that, it acts as an emulsifier, which is responsible in
mostly from plant-sources. Plus your phospholipids adding water and oil into the food. The development of
Serving Size 80g (1 pc.) Serving Size 49g (1 pc.)
and sterols. When it comes to pastries, you can synthetic emulsifiers were later discovered mid-20th
Calories 360 Calories 190 also find fat from your butter, lard, margarine, century, in line for the mass production of foods in the
cooking oils and your shortening. According to the market, which were later placed in store shelves
Total Fat 18g Total Fat 11g (Hasenhuettl, 2008).
American Heart Association, some of these fat
Calories from Fat 162 Calories from Fat 100 sources contain synthetic trans-fat, which gives the
food a desirable taste and texture. These artificial • It makes us feel fuller. Fats need time to be digested and so,
Saturated Fat 11g Saturated Fat 5g trans-fat may become a risk factor for certain they tend to stay in the stomach for a longer period of time
Cardiovascular Diseases and Stroke. Most of us than your carbohydrates and protein sources.
Trans-fat 0.5g Trans-fat 0g
would start to think that lipids are bad because of
fat, or they are the main cause of chronic illnesses
Top 3 and many more of the negative stuff that we see Hasenhuettl, G. L., & Hartel, R. W. (Eds.). (2008). Food emulsifiers and their
applications (Vol. 40, No. 6). New York: Springer.
online. But in reality, fats are indifferent- or maybe
Lucca, P. A., & Tepper, B. J. (1994). Fat replacers and the functionality of
more than what you think it is. fat in foods.Trends in Food Science & Technology,5(1), 12-19.
doi:10.1016/0924-2244(94)90043-4

Krispy Kreme’s Chocolate Glazed

Donuts
HEALTH IMPLICATONS RECOMMENDATIONS
Serving Size 80g (1 pc.)
* Elevated LDL cholesterol may be a • Replacing saturated fat sources with unsaturated fat
Calories 330
factor for Cardiovascular Disease. when preparing the food like substituting olive oil or
Total Fat 22g Saturated fats are usually the ones that canola oil for your butter or palm oil.
increase LDL cholesterol. • Limit your fat consumption within 20%-35% of your total
Calories from Fat 200
* Dietary fat, according to studies, may caloric intake, and they should be mostly coming from
Saturated Fat 9g not seem to initiate the development of your monounsaturated and polyunsaturated sources.
Trans-fat 0g
cancer but is found to promote the • Limit or have an adequate intake of high fat meat
growth of cancer once it has risen. • Limit your consumption of foods rich in artificial trans-fat
* Fats don’t directly contribute to obesity. such as your margarine, processed goods, and your
Top 4 Top 5 But usually, people who eat high-fat diets ready-to-use dough.
exceed their daily energy requirement • As much as possible, use sources of fat that contain
P. Noval Bakeshop’s Banana Bread Goldilocks Chocolate Cake knowing that a gram of fat is 9 kcal. natural trans-fat like your milk products in baking.
Serving Size 57g (2 pcs.) Serving Size 29g * Monounsaturated fatty acids may lead • Choose pastries that use a substantial amount of fat and
to decreased LDL oxidation and may know what ingredients are used to make such pastries.
Calories 186 Calories 150
influence the metabolism of diabetics. • Choose pastries that don’t use much cream and pick
Total Fat 6g Total Fat 6g
Trans Fats. (n.d.). Retrieved pastries that are baked instead of fried to avoid too much
Calories from Fat 54 Calories from Fat 54
from https://www.heart.org/en/healthy-living/healthy- saturated fats, like your churros.
eating/eat-smart/fats/trans-fat
Wahrburg, U. (2004). What are the health effects of
• Instead of doughnuts, you can choose to buy home
Saturated Fat 1.3g Saturated Fat 3g fat?. European journal of nutrition, 43(1), i6-i11. baked cookies.
Whitney, Eleanor Noss.Rolfes, Sharon Rady.
Trans-fat 0g Trans-fat 0g (2016) Understanding nutrition /Australia ; Wadsworth, JARIEL │ MACARAEG
Cengage Learning, 1N - 3