Antilipemic drugs Flashcards
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what are the 3 basic nutrients
carbs (CHO), fats (CHO) and proteins (CHON)
CHO (n)
carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, and nitrogen
what does proteins have that fats and carbs don’t?
nitrogen
what process nitrogen and cholesterol?
liver
cholderstrol is found in all?
animal products (NOT PLANTS)
Total cholesterol is made up of
LDL, HDL
LDL is ?
low density lipoprotien (BAD cholesterol)
HDL is?
high-density lipoprotein (GOOD cholesterol)
what are the primary forms of lipids in the blood?
Triglycerides and cholesterol
are Triglycerides lipoproteins?
NO
what are lipidproteins>
protein particles in blood formed in liver
-CONTAINS: TGD, chol, apolipoproteins
max total level?
less than 200
LDL max>
less than 100
HDL max?
more than 50
TG (triglycerides)
less than 150
how to raise HDL?
eating salmon, OMEGA-3,
VLDL and IDL are what type of cholsterol?
theoretical (don’t appear on labs)
what is the worst cholesterol?
VLDL
HDL can become?
LDL (bad) and deposit fats EVERYWHERE
after depoists of cholsterol thru out the body LDL becomes?
HDL
Hepatic Steatosis is?
fatty liver
labs for liver?
AST/ALT
Low HDL is just as morbid as?
high cholesterol
foam cells result IN?
tears in blood vessels (atherosclerotic lesions)
