For the week four of our learning journals we talked about the digestion of lipids, essential fatty acids, and some health effects of saturated fats, Trans fats, and cholesterol.
Digestion of lipids starts in the mouth and goes from the mouth to the stomach then to the small intestine. In the mouth, some of the hard fats begin to melt as they reach body temperature. The salivary gland in the base of the tongue then releases an enzyme called lingual lipase. In the stomach, the churning causes fat with water and acid to mix. Very little of the digestion happens in the stomach because most of it happens in the small intestine. When the fat from the stomach enters the small intestine, then a hormone called cholecystokinin gets released which then signals the bile from the gall bladder to be released.
Our body needs fatty acids and two types cannot be made by the body. These two types are omega-3 and omega-6. Because they can’t be made by the body they are called essential fatty acids. One of …show more content…
Some of them are heart disease, cancer, and obesity. Saturated fats are mostly implicated in raising ldl levels. If this happens then you have more of a chance of blood clots and your blood pressure rises. If you have a elevated ldl level, then you are at more of a risk of getting cardiovascular disease which can lead to heart attacks. In cancer, dietary fat promotes cancer rather than initiating it. There has been an increase in cancer from fat that appears to be from dietary fats or saturated fats from foods. Fat contributes more kcalories per gram then carbohydrates or proteins. If people wanted to reduce how much they weigh then they could reduce the amount of kcalories that they eat. This information could affect my dietary decisions because if I wanted to lose weight then I could reduce fats from my diet. I also like to run and doing so, if I don’t eat a lot after I run, will cause me to lose
Digestion of lipids starts in the mouth and goes from the mouth to the stomach then to the small intestine. In the mouth, some of the hard fats begin to melt as they reach body temperature. The salivary gland in the base of the tongue then releases an enzyme called lingual lipase. In the stomach, the churning causes fat with water and acid to mix. Very little of the digestion happens in the stomach because most of it happens in the small intestine. When the fat from the stomach enters the small intestine, then a hormone called cholecystokinin gets released which then signals the bile from the gall bladder to be released.
Our body needs fatty acids and two types cannot be made by the body. These two types are omega-3 and omega-6. Because they can’t be made by the body they are called essential fatty acids. One of …show more content…
Some of them are heart disease, cancer, and obesity. Saturated fats are mostly implicated in raising ldl levels. If this happens then you have more of a chance of blood clots and your blood pressure rises. If you have a elevated ldl level, then you are at more of a risk of getting cardiovascular disease which can lead to heart attacks. In cancer, dietary fat promotes cancer rather than initiating it. There has been an increase in cancer from fat that appears to be from dietary fats or saturated fats from foods. Fat contributes more kcalories per gram then carbohydrates or proteins. If people wanted to reduce how much they weigh then they could reduce the amount of kcalories that they eat. This information could affect my dietary decisions because if I wanted to lose weight then I could reduce fats from my diet. I also like to run and doing so, if I don’t eat a lot after I run, will cause me to lose