Questions:
1. Saturated and Unsaturated Fats: What is the difference between a Saturated fat and an Unsaturated Fat? Provide an example of each. How do Saturated fats impact your heart health?
(4-5 sentences)
2. Lab Work: Using information from your text and the American Heart Association’s Cholesterol Animation, complete the table below with information about each lipoprotein.
Lipoprotein Healthy Level What is its purpose?
Triglycerides
LDL
HDL
Total Cholesterol
3. Heart Disease: Identify two (2) lifestyle choices that increase your risk for developing heart disease. Explain how the lifestyle choices you selected increase the risk (6-7 sentences)
4. Trans fat: What is a trans fat? Give an example of a food that contains trans fats. (4-5 sentences)
