Fats in Our Food
Olive oil and avocados are fat sources from this
group of living things.
What are plants?
This lipid has a glycerol backbone attached to
three fatty acids.
What is a triglyceride?
Most fat digestion occurs in this part of the digestive tract.
What is the small intestine?
One gram of fat provides this many Calories.
What are 9 calories?
This condition involves plaque buildup in artery walls.
What is atherosclerosis?
Butter and cheese are fat sources from this
group of living things.
What are animals?
This fatty acid has no carbon–carbon double bonds.
What is a saturated fatty acid?
This substance disperses large fat droplets into smaller droplets.
What is bile?
Fat helps the body absorb these four vitamins.
What are vitamins A, D, E, and K?
High levels of this cholesterol-carrying lipoprotein can contribute to artery plaque buildup.
What is LDL (low density lipoprotein)?
Oil poured onto a salad is an example of this
easy-to-see form of dietary fat.
What is visible fat?
These two fatty acid types have one double bond and two or more double bonds, respectively.
What are monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids?
This enzyme chemically breaks down triglycerides.
What is lipase?
This term describes a fatty acid that the body must obtain from food.
What is an essential fatty acid?
This lipoprotein helps move cholesterol from tissues toward the liver.
What is HDL (high density lipoprotein)?
Fat within cheese or nuts is an example of this
less noticeable form of dietary fat.
What is hidden fat (or less obvious fat)?
This lipid has a water-attracting head and water-avoiding tails and helps form cell membranes.
What is a phospholipid?
These small structures bring fat digestion products to the surface of intestinal cells.
What are micelles?
Seven grams of fat supply this amount of energy.
What is 63 calories?
Besides eating patterns, these are two factors that can influence heart health.
What are genetics and physical activity?
Switching from butter to oil changes the fat
source, but this quantity may stay the same.
What is the total amount of fat eaten?
Cholesterol belongs to this lipid group with four connected carbon rings.
What are sterols?
Intestinal cells package many long-chain dietary lipids into these particles, which enter lymph before blood.
What are chylomicrons?
These essential fatty acids belong to the omega-3 and omega-6 families, respectively.
What are alpha-linolenic acid and linoleic acid?
An association between an eating pattern and cancer does not, by itself, prove this relationship.
What is cause and effect relationship (or causation)?