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You decide to see your physician for a medical evaluation. She draws a blood sample for a blood lipid profile. She informs you that you’re at high risk of developing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease because you smoke cigarettes, have poorly-managed type 2 diabetes, and have a parent who suffered a heart attack. When the lab delivers your blood lipid results, you learn that your total cholesterol is 191 mg/dL and your HDL cholesterol is 35 mg/dL. Your total cholesterol to HDL cholesterol ratio (Tc:HDLc) is ideal. True or False?

Which one of the following people is in “positive nitrogen balance?” 

What percentage of daily Calorie intake should be from carbohydrates? In other words, what is the Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range for carbohydrate intake?

Which of the following is NOT an “essential” amino acid? 

Which lipid is present in greatest quantity within the lipoproteins made in the intestinal absorptive cells? This lipid is eaten in far greater quantity than other lipids.

Which of the following foods is hypercholesterolemic? In other words, which of the following foods has a fatty acid profile that raises LDL cholesterol level?

Throughout the day the liver manufactures cholesterol, phospholipids and triglycerides. The liver makes specialized proteins to aid in transporting these lipids out of the liver, through the bloodstream, and into cells throughout the body. What is the name of the lipoprotein made by the liver for the purpose of transporting lipids in the bloodstream?

The fatty acids on the glycerol backbone of triglycerides can vary both in their carbon chain length and in the number of double bonds between the carbon atoms. If a fatty acid possesses a total of one double bond between its carbon atoms, we refer to the fatty acid as being which type?

90) The area of a rectangular lot that is 50 feet wide by 100 feet deep is: 2,500 sq. ft.          500 sq. ft.    5,000 sq. ft. 50,000 sq. ft.

What causes lactose intolerance in many adults? In other words, why are many adults unable to tolerate large quantities of lactose in their diets?