Exam 2 Flashcards
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How many kcals per gram to fats have?
9
What % of the typical american diet is from fat?
34%
What are triglycerides?
3 Fatty acids attached to a glycerol molecule
What is the major form of lipid in food and body?
Triglycerides
Short Chain Fatty Acids
Range from 4-7 carbons
remain liquid at cooler temperatures
ex. Milk
Medium Chain fatty acids
8-12 carbons long
Solidify when chilled, but liquid at room temperature
ex. Coconut Oil
Long Chain fatty acids
greater than 12 carbons
Solid at room temperature
Beef fat
Saturated Fatty Acids
Contain carbons in a chain that are bound to two hydogens (no double bonds)
- Most animal fats, palm oil and coconut oil
- less susceptible to spoilage
Unsaturated Fatty Acids
- Contain some double bonds
- Can be monounsaturated or Polyunsaturated
Monounsaturated fatty acid examples
olive oil, avocado– have one double bond
Polyunsaturated fatty acid examples
- Omega 3
- –ALA (flax, canola oil, nuts)
- –EPA, DHA “Long Chain” (fish)
- Omega 6 (Linoleic Acid, Corn, Safflower oil, nuts
Cis Bonds
results in bent chains
Trans fatty acids
occur naturally in small amounts, but most are created by hydrogenation
- results in straight chains
- lengthens the shelf life
Trans Fatty Acid food sources
Shortening, Margerine, Biscuit, Chocolate Chip Cookies
Phospholipids
lipids attached to a phosphate group
Phosphoglycerides
1 FA attached to a glyceride backbone
ec. lecithin
Can act as emulsifiers– allow oil and H20 to mix
Form a lipid bilayer in call membranes that regulate what can pass into and out of a cell
Sterols
type of lipid found in plants and animal- has a multiple ring structure
Do not dissolve well in water
Cholesterol
a type of sterol found only in animals
- the liver can manufactore all needed cholesterol, so it is not needed in the diet
- 90% of cholesterol in the body is found in cell membranes
- is needed to synthesize vitamin D and steroid hormones
Food Sources of Cholesterol
Online animal products
- eggs
- beef liver
Lipid digestion
-Small amount in mouth due to gastric lipase produced in the stomach
-liver produces bile, stored in gall bladder and released in SI
-Pancrease produces pancreatic lipase-released inSI to break down triglycerides
Short/medium chain trig. are water soluble, can be aborbed into bloodstream
-In SI products of fat digestion and bile acids form into micelles which diffuse out into mucosal cells
-in mucosal cells fatty acids and monoglycerides are reassembled into triglcerids, form into chylomicrons and enter lymph
-Very efficient, very little fat is lost in feces
Lipoproteins
Combination of water insoluble lipids, phospholipids and proteins, act as a transport vehicle
-help to transport triglycerides, cholesterol and fat soluble vitamins from the SI and stored lipids from the liver
Chylomicrons
combination of diet derived triglycerids, cholesterol, phospholipids and a small amount of protein
Help transport long-chain fatty acids into the lymphatic system and into the blood stream without passing through the liver
-Deliver triglycerids to the body cells
Lipid transport and delivery
- Chylomicron formed in mucosal cells pass into lymph, which drains into the blood, they circulate in the blood delivering triglycerides to body cells
- Lipoprotein lipase breaks down triglycerides in chylomicrons into fatty acids and glycerol which can then enter the surrounding cells
- Remaining chylomicron parts are removed to the liver to be disassembled
- VLDLs are made in the liver and transport lipids away from the liver to body cells
5IDL particles that remain after the triglycerides are removed are returned to the liver, or transformed in the blood into LDL particles - To deliver cholesterol, LDL particles bind to LDLreceptors in the cell membrane, this allows the LDL to enter the cell whre cholesterol and other components can be used
7.HDL particles pick up cholesterol from other lipoproteins and body cells and return it to the liver, some is broken down, some is transferred to organs that synthesize hormones
Chylomicron
- largest lipoproteins and contain the greatest proportion of triglycerids
- form in mucosal cells, pass into lymph, then into blood stream
- deliver triglycerides to the body cells