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 HDL cholesterol is 35 mg/dL. Your HDL cholesterol is in ideal range. True or False?

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

What is the ideal concentration of triglycerides (fat) within blood circulation?

Dietary fats and cholesterol have trouble traveling in water. Therefore, upon absortion, dietary fat and cholesterol are packaged with protein. These lipid-protein packages called lipoproteins enable fat and cholesterol to travel in lymph and in blood. What is the name of the lipoprotein made by the intestinal absorptive cells?

To obtain sufficient eicosapentaenoic fatty acids (EPA) and docosahexaenoic fatty acids (DHA), adults should eat at least a few servings of fatty fish each week. 

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

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?

Since 2 plums contain a total of 16 grams of digestible carbohydrate, how many Calories of carbohydrate do the 2 plums contain?

In which 2 organs or tissues is glucose stored in the human body?

Which type of triglyceride (or more precisely, which type of fatty acid on the triglyceride) is most responsible for elevating the level of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the bloodstream?