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Lipids: Protecting Your Heart

Three Categories of LipidsTriglycerides• Largest Class of Lipids• Fats and Oils

Phospholipids• Dissolve in both fat and water• Used in emulsifiers (Mayonnaise)• Eggs and Peanuts

Sterols• Cholesterol• Perform vital functions Video

Triglycerides Function:• Fuel the body and keep it warm• Maintain a constant body temperature• Protects organs• Transports vitamins• Healthy skin and hair

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Adipose Tissue:• Pockets of fat-storing cells• Provide insulation

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Structure of TriglyceridesTRI - Three Fatty Acids react with Glycerol, an alcohol

Fatty Acids – Organic acids

Carboxyl Group – Carbon bonded to oxygen by a double covalent bond, and to a hydroxyl group with a single bond

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Linoleic and Linolenic Acid- Fatty Acids- Not produced by the human body- Needed for normal growth and development

Sources:

Vegetables, Grains, Nuts, Seeds, Soybeans

Saturated vs. Unsaturated

Saturated• Complete Fatty Acid• Each fatty acid contains

all the hydrogen atoms their molecular structure can hold

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Unsaturated• Incomplete Fatty Acid• Missing hydrogen atoms

Monounsaturated Fat:• Lacks 2 hydrogen atoms

Polyunsaturated Fat:• Lacks 4 or more hydrogen

atoms

Energy Source- Supply over twice the energy of glucose (carbohydrates)- If you consume too much, it’s stored in the body as fat.- Doesn’t offer “Quick” energy

Solid vs. Liquid FatsAnimal Fats “Saturated”• Full-set of hydrogen and

carbon atoms are tightly packed, creating a solid

• Solid at Room Temp.

Plant Oils “Unsaturated”• Less compact because of

missing hydrogen atoms• Liquid at Room Temp.

Exceptions:

Coconut Oil – Solid

Palm Kernel Oil – Solid

(80% saturated)

Melting Range of Fats• Saturation affects range• Some fats are in liquid phase and some are solid –

creating a soft butter at room temperature• The more carbon in a fatty acid, the higher the melting

point.

Saturated Fats – high melting point

Unsaturated Fats – low melting point

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Functions of Fat in CookingTenderizing – Tenderize baked goods, creating flaky pastries, and moist cakes

Aeration – Add air to butter and dough by forming a bubble around the molecules and trapping air

Emulsions – Oils are used in the liquid phase, such as mayonnaise.

Flavor – Fats dissolve aromatic molecules in foods

Oxidation – When exposed to oxygen, fats oxidize or “break-down” causing high-fat foods to spoil

Controlling OxidationUnsaturated Fats are more prone to Oxidation

Heat speeds up Oxidation

Cooling and Freezing slows the process of Oxidation

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Slowing Oxidation• Potato chips are packaged in pure nitrogen• Bacon is vacuum-sealed• Oils are bottled in dark glass• Dried-foods, lacking water molecules, are packaged with

antioxidants – substances that help prevent oxidation

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Hydrogenated Oils “Trans Fats”

Hydrogenization – A chemical process in which hydrogen is added to unsaturated fat molecules, breaking double bonds and replacing them with single bonds

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Trans FatsWhy is this done? • Resists rancidity• Takes longer to stale

What changes? • Liquid oil changes to a spreadable,

semisolid fat

Examples: • Shortening, Partially Hydrogenated Oil

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Frying FatsCracking – the deterioration of fat causing discolored oil and off flavors and odors

Smoke Point – the temp. at which fat produces smoke

Why does fat splatter? Water and oil don’t mix - when food is added to frying oil, the fat “flees” from the water.

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Digestion of FatsFats are broken down into……..

>Fatty Acids and Glycerol

>Absorbed by Villi in the Small Intestine

>Stored in the Liver as Glycogen or left as fat

>Leftover fats is sent to Adipose Tissue

RDA – 65 g total fat

20 g saturated fat

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Cholesterol• Vital in producing Vitamin D• Strengthens cell membranes• The liver makes all it needs

Dietary Cholesterol Found only in animal products Useless Possibly harmful

Dr. Oz Video slo-niacin.com

AtherosclerosisHardening of the Arteries due to a build-up of plaque

Cholesteroladvice.net

CholesterolLow Density Lipoprotein

(LDL)

*Bad* Cholesterol

Carries about 75% of cholesterol in the blood

Transports cholesterol from the liver to other tissues

A high level increases risk

High Density Lipoprotein

(HDL)

*Good* Cholesterol

Higher in protein than lipids

Returns cholesterol to the liver for breakdown and disposal

A low level increases risk

LipoproteinsLipoprotein –

complex molecules

of lipids and protein

that carry lipids

in the blood

LDL and HDL

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Omega-3 Fatty AcidsBenefits?

They make it more difficult for plaque to form or clump

They make plaque less sticky

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