Nutrition

Polyunsaturated fat

/pälēən•ˈsaCHə•rādəd/ /fat/

Polyunsaturated fat is a type of dietary fat found in olive oil, nuts, avocado, and fish. What makes it "polyunsaturated" is the chemical structure: In its fatty acid chain, two or more of the carbon atoms have double bonds rather than being fully "saturated" — or connected to — hydrogen atoms.