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Which of the following is true?

(a) Fats naturally occurring unless mentioned otherwise are trans in nature

(b) Trans fats are essential and needed for the human body

(c) LC-PUFA stands for long chain poly saturated fatty acids

(d) SC-PUFA stands for long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids

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Right option is (d) SC-PUFA stands for long chain poly unsaturated fatty acids

To elaborate: Most of the fats are cis. Trans fats are trans in nature. The ‘PU’ in LC-PUFA stands for poly unsaturated.

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