Mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids

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Between monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids, which is better in terms of its effect on our health? Thanks in advance!

[MrMistery]

our body can readily insert double bonds between C9 and C10 of fatty acids, so eating monounsaturated fatty acids wouldn't do much good. However, polyunsaturated fatty acids are a whole different story: some are essential for humans and we cannot make them. The most common example is linoleic acid. There are basically two main groups of essential fatty acids: the omega-3 group and the omega-6 group(which linoleic acid belongs to). For more information, google it