Triglyceride

Introduction With all of our modern advancements in medicine and better understanding of human nutrition, one would think that our obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease rates would decrease. It has been previously reported that US consumers were spending over 3 billion dollars on weight loss products in 1999 and that 2/3 of American’s surveyed were currently trying to either maintain or lose weight. Despite these reports, and even with a multitude of diet options available, obesity rates…

The growing issue of obesity in dogs and cats Most communities in the United States do not have an exact data on the numbers of pet owned in each household, but the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA), estimate that 144 to176 million pets are owned in the United States.1 There are various requirements and needs to consider when bringing a pet home, for instance, if the house is pet-friendly, the time it takes to train your pet, spaying and neutering, cleaning, taking them to the vet,…

[18]. Demirbas [19] studied a non-catalytic biodiesel production with supercritical methanol, because of the coincident transesterification of methyl and triglycerides esterification of fatty acids which permits a simple process and high yield. Imahara et al. developed the non-catalytic biodiesel production technologies in plants and animals from oils/fats employing supercritical methanol [20]. In relative…

Macronutrients, vitamins, and minerals are essential to our every day lives. Our body is like a car that is dependent on fuel or gasoline. Our body is dependent on macronutrient and micronutrients, which fuel a person’s body. Vitamins and minerals are in the category of micronutrients (Hathcock, 1997). Everyday our body runs out of fuel and so we need to eat more macro- and micro-nutrients. Also, eating too many nutrients can be hurtful to your body. Like a car, too much gasoline can ruin the…

reaction between an ester and sodium hydroxide to yield sodium stearate. The beef was used as triglyceride by boiling it with lye or an impure sodium hydroxide. The top layer is the sodium stearate wherein once it was cooled and turned into solid it was chopped into cubes of yellow soap. In addition, lye was traditionally made by the process of pouring water into wood ashes. (Chang, 2014) Triglycerides are fats and oils which can be hydrolyzed in the basic solution to produce soap and glycerol.…

What happens when you eat sugar? Eating carbs causes the pancreas to release the hormone insulin to reduce the blood sugar spike. Insulin regulates the level of sugar in the blood - the more sugar in the bloodstream, the more insulin is released. Insulin then goes on to ‘store’ glucose in the liver and muscles in the form of glycogen. If too much insulin is released, your blood sugar will to drop too low causing low-blood sugar. This causes you to crave sugar and the vicious cycle continues.…

1. Background What is the research question? The research question is, Does the consumption of coffee cause diabetes among Swedish women? Does the background section summarize all the relevant research about this topic? Yes, the background section did in fact summarize the relevant research about this topic. Does it make a clear case for why the research is important? The research does clearly state why the research was important. The study could be compared to other studies about the…

Macromolecules Everything on Earth is made of carbon. Due to this complex molecules are formed. These complex molecules are macromolecules. Macromolecules are polymers, formed by dehydration synthesis. Dehydration Synthesis is when monomers are combines and water is removed. There are four types of macromolecules, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids, and proteins. Carbohydrates are made up of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. With a structural components such as glucose and sugar.…

Cooking with oils can be considered as one of the most common cooking techniques around the world. Within the process of cooking, heating with high temperatures is often applied to break down large polymeric food molecules and for easier absorption of nutrients by our guts. However, heating oil repeatedly with the presence of air, for certain period of time, might cause undesired chemical changes within the chemical characteristics of the oils, for example lipid oxidation, which is responsible…

coconut oil. I wanted to use extra virgin oil but I ran out it, which is why I used coconut oil. The coconut oil is somehow better than vegetable oil because “most of the saturated fat of coconut oil is made up of medium chain triglycerides”, compared to long- chain triglyceride, which are found in vegetable oils. The saturated fat in coconut oils break down easily in the body, which makes it healthier than vegetable oils. I replaced sausages and hotdogs with shrimps. As we all know, shrimp is…