Foods and Nutrition 1021 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Low-Density Lipoprotein, Hypercholesterolemia, Lecithin

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Chapter 5: the lipids - fats, oils, phospholipids, & sterols. Lipids: organic (carbon containing) compounds: soluble in organic solvents, not soluble in water, most are a mixture of safa, mufa, pufa. Fats: lipids that are solid at room temperature (25 degrees celsius) Oils: lipids that are liquid at room temperature. Three types of lipids in the body/food: triglycerides, phospholipids, sterols. Chief form of fat in foods and human body (95%) 3 units of fatty acids attached to 1 unit of glycerol. Sfa carries maximum possible number of h atoms (no points of unsaturation) Many contribute to elevated ldl cholesterol in the blood which predicts diseases of the heart and arteries. Coconut and palm oils, butter, lard, fat. Pufa"s have (cid:1006) or (cid:373)ore poi(cid:374)ts of u(cid:374)saturatio(cid:374) Esse(cid:374)tial fatty acids (cid:894)efa"s(cid:895): o(cid:373)ega-3 and omega-6. Provide raw materials for eicosanoids: which are biologically active; hormone like functions muscle relaxation or contraction, blood vessel dilation or constriction, blood clot formation.

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