Exam 5: The Lipids: Fats and Oilsspotlight: Diet and Heart Disease

Discuss general tips to achieve the goal of reducing your saturated fat intake to less than 10 percent of total calories and increase your intake of protective fibers and antioxidant nutrients.

Explain the effect of hypertension in contributing to atherosclerosis.

Which statement best describes a function of cholesterol?

The American Heart Association recommends a saturated fat intake of ____ of total calories.

An optimal LDL-cholesterol level is ____, while an optimal HDL-cholesterol level is ____.

Vignette #2 Bob is committed to losing weight but knows little about nutrition. He has heard his friends discussing types of fat, such as saturated and unsaturated. He has no idea what the terms mean or how they relate to his health and diet. He also has read that the most important improvement a person can make in his or her diet is to eat less cholesterol. Let's answer these questions and help Bob understand this topic better. Bob knows he needs to take in fewer calories to lose weight. Bob should be aware that ____.

The type of fat consumed is more important than the amount of fat consumed.

_____ are the part of the body responsible for sensing blood pressure.

Which of the following values represents a desirable level of total blood cholesterol in adults?

Vignette #1 Jack has just returned from the hospital where his father is recovering from a heart attack. The doctors told Jack that his dad's atherosclerosis is very serious. Jack and his wife, Melanie, are worried about Jack's father and also are starting to think about Jack's risk of having heart disease in his lifetime. He sets up an appointment at his doctor's office and has his blood lipid levels evaluated for the first time. Let's see if you can answer some of the questions that Jack and Melanie have. In comparison to a low-density lipoprotein, a high-density lipoprotein contains ________.

Matt sprays his pan with cooking spray instead of using the two tablespoons of olive oil that he usually sautés his vegetables with. This change reduces the calories from fat in this recipe by approximately ____.

Chylomicrons are synthesized within the _______.

Long-chain fatty acids are water soluble and travel freely in blood and lymph.

What foods is the Mediterranean Diet centered around?

Which fats decrease LDL-cholesterol without deceasing HDL-cholesterol?

Describe the dietary recommendations for fat intake from the Dietary Guidelines for Americans .

Which food has the most grams of saturated fat per serving portion?

Vignette #2 Bob is committed to losing weight but knows little about nutrition. He has heard his friends discussing types of fat, such as saturated and unsaturated. He has no idea what the terms mean or how they relate to his health and diet. He also has read that the most important improvement a person can make in his or her diet is to eat less cholesterol. Let's answer these questions and help Bob understand this topic better. Bob wants to lower his blood cholesterol. What piece of advice should he ignore ?

The Dietary Guidelines for saturated fat are the same for children age 2 years and older as they are for adults.