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Kosher means
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No pork & rabbi supervision with other meats and poultry.
Can't combine meat and milk. No shellfish or eels. |
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Islam
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No pork.
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What is the range of fasting plasma glucose
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3.9 to less than 5.6 mmol/L (70 to less than 100 mg/dl)
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After a high-carb meal, plasma glucose levels will temporarily rise but should return to what level
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<7.8 mmol?l (<140 mg/dl) within 2 hours.
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What is a lipid
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An oily organic compound insoluble in water but soluble in organic solvents.
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What is saturated fat
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Hard ie: tropical oils, coconut oil and palm kernel oil, meat, butter and whole milk. The hydrogen atom is attached at every available space.
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What is monosaturated fat
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Food lipids made up of fatty acids with one hydrogen space unfilled, creating one double bond. Generally from plant sources. I.e. canola oil obtained from rapeseed and olive oil.
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What is polyunsaturated fat
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When fatty acids have 2 or more spaces UNFILLED with hydrogen, creating two or more double bonds. IE: corn oil and safflower oil.
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What are polyunsaturated fats with two or more double bonds referred to.
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n-3 or n-6.
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What is an important n-6 fatty acid.
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linoleic acid (an essential fatty acid) found in vegetable oils.
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What role does n-3 play
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It is found in fatty fish and has a role in cardiovascular health.
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What is a linoleic acid
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An n-6 fatty acid
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What is an alpha-linolenic acid
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an N-3 fatty acid
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What important roles do linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid play
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skin integrity
blood cholesterol regulation growth gene expression immune function blood platelet aggregation synthesis of hormonelike agents |
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What do protaglandins do
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Act as local hormones to direct and coordinate biologic functions. They influence BP, blood clotting and CV functions.
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AI of linoleic acid (n-6) for:men (19-50 years)
women (19-50 yrs) Men >51 yrs women >51 |
17 g/day
12g/day 14g/day 11g/day |
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AI for alpha-linolenic acid (n-3) is:
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1.6 g/day
1.1 g/day |
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Which foods contain n-6
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Corn oil
safflower oil soybean oil cottonseed oil sunflower oil peanut oil |
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n-3 rich foods (alpha-linolenic acid)
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canola oil
soy il linseed oil rapeseed oil dark green leafy veges fish and shellfish |
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What are the food sources of cholesterol
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Natural in animal foods but not plant foods.
Egg yolk, meat, whole and low-fat milk cheese liver and organ meats are particularly high. |
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Suggested DRI of cholestrol
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Hold it to 300 mg/day although no actual rda.
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