Human Nutrition Spotlight B Lipids in Health and Disease

what is poverty linked to

a lot of health problems, such as CVD

cardiovascular disease (CVD)

conditions that impair the heart/veins/arteries/capillaries, leading cause of death in the world, 1 in 3 Americans have it

atherosclerosis

inflammatory disease chategorized by the accumulation of fatty plaque in the walls of arteries and blood vessels that develops over time, caused by LDLs being oxidized, also can be due to smoking and hypertension (damages artery walls)

plaque

waxy accumulation of cholesterol and triglycerides

what causes plaque

elevated levels of LDLs, then they oxidize and injury the artery walls and attract macrophages

macrophages

white blood cells inside the artery lining that take up LDLs and become foam cells, then die and become plaque

coronary artery

supplies blood to the heart

stroke

blood clot impairs blood supply to the brain

when does heart disease often begin

childhood

the more risk factors, the _ the chances of CVD

higher

desirable blood cholesterol levels

less than 200 mg/dl

the lower your LDL levels, the _ your risk of heart attack/stroke

lower

metabolic syndrome

must have 3 of the following - excess abdominal fat, high bp, high triglyceride levels, low HDL levels, elevated blood glucose

fatty streaks

precursor to plaque

recommended saturated fat intake

less than 10% of daily calories