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24 Cards in this Set
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Eicosanoids
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A group of hormone like compounds
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Omega 6 eicosanoids
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Arachidonic acid
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Effects of Arachidonic acid
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Increases blood clotting and increases inflammatory responses
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Omega 3 eicosanoids
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DHA and EPA
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Effects of Omega 3 eicosanoids
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Lowers blood clotting and lowers heart attack
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Emulsifier
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Allow fat and water to mix
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What are the body's main emusifiers?
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Lecithins and bile acids
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Phospholipids are built on a core of?
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Glycerol
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Why are phospholipids so imporant?
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They form important parts of the cell membrane
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Sterols are made of____ and have no _____ backbone
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multiple rings; glycerol
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Sterols are only found in which sources?
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Animal
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Sterols waxy or fatty?
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Waxy
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Cholesterol is important in forming _____, ______ and _____.
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Bile, hormones and vitamin D
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In the first stage of digestion, the stomach secretes _____.
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Lipase
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Triglycerides break down in monoglycerides in which body part?
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The samll intestine
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If the chain of a fatty acid is less than 12 carbon atoms, what is it's fate?
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It's water soluble
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It it is longer than 12 carbon atoms, what is it's fate
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It turns into a triglyceride and enters the circulation system
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Main sources of fat in Diet (6)
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Animal flesh, whole milk, cheese, patries, margarine & mayonnaise
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What has been the reducing change in fat consumption since the 1970s?
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Less intake of animal fat as a source
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What has been the increasing change in fat consumption since the 1970s?
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More fish, chicken, leaner meat
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Since the 1970's, there has been a great intake of these kind of products?
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Hydrogenated
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Hydrogenated foods produce ________.
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Trans fats
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Hydrogenation turns ______ into ______.
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Liquids into semi-solids
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What is usually added to reduced fat foods?
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Sugar
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