What Are Fats?
A dietary fat is a _________ that is essential for life.
macronutrient
Dietary fats are digested in the ______ and the ______ intestine
stomach and small intestine
Dietary fats are good for your hair, skin, and nails. True or false?
True
Fats help to keep your body warm and maintain your core body temperature. True or False?
True
What are the different types of fat? Name four.
monounsaturated fats, polyunsaturated fats, saturated fats, and trans fats
Dietary fats take longer to be ______ and _______ which causes the stomach contents to empty slower
digested and absorbed
If you don't eat enough dietary fat you are more likely to be ______ soon after eating, think about food ____ often, feel like you're ______ all the time
hungry
more
eating
Fats are the fastest nutrient to be digested and absorbed. True or false?
False
Your body is able to _____ in the form of fat.
store energy
Due to their slow absorption, when you include dietary fats as part of a meal or snack, you'll feel _____ longer
full
If you don't eat enough dietary fat you are more likely to struggle with _____ instability and absorb less _____ vitamins
glucose
fat soluble
Dietary fats are the preferred source of fuel for the _____ and _____. Muscles also use fat for energy at moderate to low intensity activity.
heart and liver
The USDA recommends that you consume more ______ and ______ fats and have less of the _____ and ______ fats, however it doesn't say you should have zero of these!
polyunsaturated and monounsaturated
saturated and trans
Dietary fats make up what percentage of the brain
60%
When the mesenteric fat pad becomes too small it can cause compression of the intestine, resulting in abdominal pain, fullness, nausea, vomiting, bloating and/or bowel obstruction. True or false?
True
Dietary fats play an important role in brain growth, signaling, and gene expression. They can also have an impact on cognitive and ______ performance.
behavioral
All cell membranes are made out of fats called ______. Dietary fats are therefore the building blocks of healthy cell membranes.
phospholipids
When fat is absorbed it will either be _______ (a good thing) or used for _______
stored for later
energy
Dietary fats release _____ which acts on the brain to increase or decrease appetite. _____ levels of leptin stimulate appetite.
leptin
low
Dietary fats aid in managing what body systems: _________. List 3.
regulate blood pressure and heart rate, blood clotting, the nervous system, immune response, inflammation response, and allergic reactions through hormones