Lipid Structures and Types
The most abundant type of glyceride found in both food and the human body.
What is a triglyceride?
Produced by the liver, this substance emulsifies fat during digestion.
What is bile?
This calculation is a ratio of weight to height and is defined as kg/m2.
What is BMI (Body Mass Index)?
To name a fatty acid using this system, you count carbons starting from the ______ end.
What is "Omega"?
The AMDR for total fat in adults
What is 20-35% of total calories?
These three classes make up the family of lipids.
What are triglycerides, phospholipids, and sterols?
The two end products of triglyceride digestion.
What are two free fatty acids and a monoglyceride?
This type of fat is stored deep inside the abdominal region and surrounds vital organs.
What is visceral fat?
Flax seeds, walnuts, and canola oil are good sources of this essential fatty acid.
What is alpha-linolenic acid (ALA)?
The DGAs recommend keeping saturated fat below this percentage of daily calories.
What is 10%?
This term describes a fatty acid with two or more double bonds.
What is polyunsaturated?
This lipoprotein is produced in the GI tract and carries lipids to body cells.
What is a chylomicron?
A BMI does not take into account this factor, which includes the ratio of muscle to fat.
What is body composition?
The two fatty acids that the human body cannot make and must be eaten.
What are alpha-linolenic acid (ALA) and linoleic acid (LA)?
Visceral fat risk is high for men if their waist measurement is greater than or equal to this many inches.
What is 40 inches?
A fatty acid with exactly zero double bonds.
What is a saturated fatty acid?
Produced in the liver, its primary function is to deliver triglycerides to cells.
What is VLDL (Very Low-Density Lipoprotein)?
Produced in adipose (fat) cells, this hormone tells the brain you are full.
What is Leptin?
These two "long-chain" Omega-3s are found primarily in fatty fish.
What are EPA and DHA?
This fat is found directly under the skin and is often measured with skinfold calipers.
What is subcutaneous fat?
The number of carbons found in a medium-chain fatty acid.
What is 8 to 12?
Often called "good" cholesterol, it carries cholesterol back to the liver.
What is HDL?
These five factors are used in calculating the Estimated Energy Requirement (EER)?
What are gender, age, weight, height, and physical activity level?
Safflower, sunflower, and corn oils are high in this essential fatty acid.
What is linoleic acid (LA)?
To lose one pound of fat per week, a person needs a daily caloric deficit of this many calories.
What is 500 kcal? (Totaling 3,500 per week).