NSD 225 Lecture Notes - Monounsaturated Fat, Spinach, Margarine
29 Jan 2014
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It is found only in animal tissue: cholesterol is an essen tial nutrient manufactur e d in your liver. Chole s t er o l and heart dise a s e: cardiovascular diseas e s (cvd) are the leading cause s of death in the usa. Cvd is a gener al term for all diseas e s of the heart and blood vessels. Coronary heart diseas e (chd) is atherosclerosis in the arteries feeding the heart muscle. Atherosclerosis is an artery diseas e where there are patchy nodular thickenings of the inner walls of the arteries ( called plaqu es): since the mid 60s, there has been a decline in heart diseas e mortality. Of the 550,000 heart attack deaths occurring each year, 36% occur in people over the age of 80 which certainly cannot be called prem a t ur e death. Since chol is not water soluble, it is transport e d through the.
