Saturated Fat: Stearic AcidBaby Book

Adopted by: Kelly Sinclair

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Elements in Stearic Acid

• Carbon (18)

• Hydrogen

• Oxygen

Stearic Acid sticks with its best friends. It doesn’t like to roll with any others

Oxygen ( Leader and most stuck up friend)Hydrogen

Carbon

Two of Stearic Acid’s BFF’s!

• Carbonyl

• Hydroxyl

Stearic acid is in their play group at daycare! He works best with them at school!

Organic Compound: Saturated Fat

• A fatty acid is an organic compound made up of a long, unbranched carbon backbone that ends with a carboxyl group, or –COOH. A carboxyl group is made up of one carbon atom bonded to an oxygen atom by a double bond, and a hydroxide group made up of an oxygen and hydrogen atom bonded together.

Function of Stearic Acids real family…Saturated Fat

• Saturated fat tends to increase blood cholesterol levels. Most saturated fats tend to be solid at room temperature, with the exception of tropical oils.

• Saturated fats are necessary for calcium to be incorporated into our bones.

• Saturated fats are needed to boost immune function, and to build a healthy nervous system and digestive tract.

What can Stearic acid do?!

• Stearic acid is used as a fragrance ingredient, surfactant and emulsifier.

• It is also used as the base for the manufacture of other fatty acid ingredients which are used as emulsifiers, emollients and lubricants.

• Stearic acid is useful as an ingredient in making candles, plastics, dietary supplements, oil pastels, and cosmetics.

How Stearic Acid makes the perfect child for me…

• Stearic acid would make a good child and would behave because it appears to have a neutral effect on blood total and low density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

• It would lead me to not have an increase risk for cardiovascular disease.

• Stearic acid is in chocolate and meat, which are not that bad for you!

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