Paul Saladino· MD
if you are eating more polyunsaturated fat then your membranes become more fluid because polyunsaturated fats have a little kink in the tail because of these double bonds
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if you are eating more polyunsaturated fat then your membranes become more fluid because polyunsaturated fats have a little kink in the tail because of these double bonds
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in the reverse can happen too if you're eating more monounsaturated fat one more polyunsaturated fat those mono and polyunsaturated fats end up in the membrane they make membrane more fluid and then the body can lower the amount of cholesterol because it pulls it out because it's trying to make the membrane a little less fluid a little more uh robust because of these potentially these kinked fatty acids
those polyunsaturated fats have a kink in the tail due to the double bond making them look like they have a leg that's kicked out that leads to more fluidity in the membranes and thus the body May remove cholesterol from those cell membranes necessitating less LDL to bring that cholesterol to the membrane