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    Lipoproteins and How They Effect Our Body and Through Lifestyle Decisions How Cardiovascular Disease Can Be Prevented and or Controlled. Insoluble in water lipids can be defined. To move lipids like fatty acid‚ triacylglycerols‚ steroids and fat soluble vitamins within the blood plasma‚ a mover protein is needed. Moved from the adipose tissue to the muscle‚ heart and liver tissues by serum albumin are fatty acids. Moved by the retinol binding protein is Vitamin A. There are steroid moverproteins

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    medium chain triglycerides. Sometimes people get confused about this and think that coconut oil is the same thing as MCT oil. No‚ it is not. Good quality butter is another decent source‚ though it is not "high" in such fats. No foods are naturally 100 percent made of MCT oils. Some fats or oils naturally contain a high percentage of MCT oils‚ but refinement is required to create pure MCT oil. In other words‚ to create an oil that contains nothing but medium chain triglycerides‚ with no long chain triglycerides

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    excess of protein can overburden the kidneys‚ lead to dehydration‚ and cause a higher consumption of saturated fat and cholesterol. Eggs‚ yogurt‚ chicken Protein (% Calories) 14.37 8.22 15% Fat (% Calories) 41.29 28.00 147% Fats serve as a concentrated source of energy‚ insulate and cushion organs‚ help transport nutrients‚ make up cell membranes‚ and act as an emulsifier. An excess of fat can lead to the development of cardiovascular disease‚ and increase the risk for heart attack or stroke. Cheese

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    SABALDICCA‚ VENZ (F2c & F2d) INTRODUCTION Lipids are organic compounds found in living organisms that are insoluble or slightly soluble in water but soluble in non-polar organic solvents. Lipids can be classified into four groups which are -fats‚ oils‚ and waxes‚ -compound lipids‚ -steroids‚ and -derived lipids. Various experiments are done on lipids. Some tests are for saturation‚ presence of certain compounds‚ or for the different chemical reactions that lipids undergo. Lipids may be

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    Lipids & Fat Casey G. Turner‚ RN Western Governors University Lipids & ATP • Fatty acids are important to energy production. They generate ATP. • This is completed by: 1. Starting with a triglyceride molecule the fatty acid part separates from the glycerol part of the molecule. 2. Once separated‚ the fatty acid chain will break into sections. Each section will be composed of 2 carbon molecules. 3. Each of the carbon pieces will form Acetyl CoA. Each Acetyl CoA enters the Krebs Cycle. 4. It is

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    proportions which should be considered for a healthy balanced diet (Public Health England‚ 2014). Dietary Fats Dietary fats can be found across all segments of the Eatwell plate as key examples of foods include milk and dairy foods‚ animal fats‚ fish oils‚ nuts and confectionary foods (refer to table 1). It is one of the three key macronutrients required by the body

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    docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)‚ which is found in fish; alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)‚ which is obtained from plants and Krill oil. Unlike the concentration in the level of fats in foods such as meat and butter that can increase the levels of unhealthy cholesterol‚ these fats are healthy because they help the human body to lower levels of unhealthy cholesterols as well as reducing the inflammation in the body (Allport 12). MegaRed Omega-3 Krill oil has a great‚ active ingredient

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    and was introduced to other parts of Europe by the Greeks or Romans. Records of cucumber cultivation appear in France in the 9th century‚ England in the 14th century‚ and in North America by the mid-16th century. Cucumbers are low in Saturated Fat‚ and very low in Cholesterol and Sodium. It is also a good source of Vitamin A‚ Pantothenic Acid‚ Magnesium‚ Phosphorus and Manganese‚ and a very good source of Vitamin C‚ Vitamin K and Potassium. Statement of the Problem This study aims

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    CHM 4300/6938 Biomolecules Microbes in Gut Increase Fat Absorption You may think you have dinner all to yourself‚ but you’re actually sharing it with a vast community of microbes waiting within your digestive tract. A new study from a team including Carnegie’s Steve Farber and Juliana Carten reveals that some gut microbes increase the absorption of dietary fats‚ allowing the host organism to extract more calories from the same amount of food. Previous studies showed gut microbes aid in the

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    PHYSIOLOGIC VALUE OF FOOD Organic compounds * Protein * Lipids * Carbohydrates * Vitamins Inorganic elements * Water * Minerals Vit & min * Act as a catalysts which prompt the 3 major nutrients –carbohydrates ‚ protein‚fats METABOLISM * “Metabolismos”-to change or alter * Chemical process of transforming foods into complex tissue elements and of transforming complex body substance into simpler ones‚ along with the production of heat energy * Is the totality of the

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