Question

1. List eight diet and/or lifestyle practices that can minimize your heart disease risk.
2. Why does the body package fatty acids as lipoproteins?

Answer 1

1) Diet to minimise the risk of heart diseases are

eat a food that contains less fat and cholesterol especially LDL

Go for planned based foods more veggies and fruits.

low sodium diet or reduce the quantity of salt.

avoidance of spicey and oily food.

Fibre rich diet

avoidance of refined carbohydrates and added sugar instead of that go for whole grains.

berries like strawberries, blueberries blackberries and rasberries are good.

pottasium rich food like bananas

2) Life style habits includes

regular exercise especially cardio or go for brisk walk 45 minutes a day

quit smoking and alcohol

improve good cholesterol level ie, HDL

Avoidance of exessive  salt intake

Avoidance of obesity . loosing extra weight is good practice

manage stress

controll blood pressure

eating food rich in monounsaturated fatty acids instead of saturated fats.

3) A fatty acid is a carboxylic acid ,which either saturated or unsaturated fats.

fatty acids are lipids such as cholesterol and triglycerides are insoluble in water.

Large quantity of fatty acids must be transport as triglycerides to avoid toxicity.

lipoprotien play a key role in the absorption and transport of dietary lipids by the small intestine.