PHYSEDU 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Diabetes Mellitus Type 2, Hyperlipidemia, Insulin Resistance

• School: Duke University
• Department: Physical Education
• Course: PHYSEDU 203
• Professor: Franca Alphin

Document Summary

Controlling your blood sugar through the diet. Eat a healthful diet, get daily exercise, keep a healthful body weight. Eating slightly fewer carbohydrates and slightly more protein and fat may help regulate blood glucose levels; consult a dietician. Avoid alcoholic beverages, which can cause hypoglycemia. Healthful lifestyle choices can prevent or delay onset of type 2 diabetes. Oral medications and/or insulin injections may be required once diabetes has been diagnosed. What are fats: fats are one type of lipid. Diverse class of organic substances that are insoluble in water: lipids (fats) do not dissolve in water. Triglycerides: most of the fat we eat is in the form ot triglycerides. Three fatty acid molecules: fatty acids; long chains of carbon atoms surrounded by hydrogen atoms. One glycrol molecule: glycerol; a three carbon atom, fatty acids can differ in. Short (<6 carbons), medium (6-12), and long (>13)