FDNS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Dietary Fiber, Chylomicron, Lipoprotein

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Lipids in the body: digestion: lipid digestion. In the small intestine most lipid digestion takes place here. Lipids must first be emulsified by bile: facts about bile: It can either be reabsorbed and reused or it can be trapped by soluble fiber in the intestine and then excreted. If bile is excreted, then more cholesterol must be used to make more bile. **** this is how soluble fiber lowers blood cholesterol**** Liver uses blood cholesterol to make bile: gallbladder stores bile. Intestine: bile aids digestion; binds to fiber: fiber and bile excreted in feces, a little cholesterol in bile reabsorbed into the blood. Small fats (water soluble) blood liver. Larger fats (not water soluble) packaged into chylomicrons lymph system blood. Lipids are transported as lipoproteins ( transport vehicle ) (i. e. , clusters of lipids with protein around it) Structure of lipoprotein: hydrophobic fatty acids point to inside.

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