Question: Which of the following fats is the most unsaturated?
Answer Choices:
Sunflower oil Peanut oil Olive oil Coconut oil Canola oil
Answer:
Canola oil
Question: Which of the following statements is true of omega-fatty acids?
Answer Choices:
They are synthesized by the body. Their amounts are not level based on food labels. They are produced when polyunsaturated fat is hydrogenated.
Answer:
They are produced when polyunsaturated fat is hydrogenated.
Question: Which of the following is a DRI recommendation for fat intake for healthy people?
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Limit total fat intake to less than 15% of calories. Keep saturated fat intake higher than 10% of calories. Consume a total of 300 mg of cholesterol per day. Consume around 20–35% of calories as fat.
Answer:
Consume around 20–35% of calories as fat.
Question: Which of the following is not a function of fat in the human body?
Answer Choices:
It protects the body from temperature extremes. It cushions the internal organs from physical shock. It carries water-soluble nutrients. It acts as a source of energy.
Answer:
It carries water-soluble nutrients.
Question: A food product wants to add a polyunsaturated oil to make a spreadable margarine. Which of the following processes should be used?
Answer Choices:
Centrifugation Rousing Iodization Hydrogenation
Answer:
Hydrogenation
Question: DHA and EPA can be found naturally in leafy greens, nuts, and seeds.
Answer Choices:
True False
Answer:
False
Question: Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are:
Answer Choices:
not important for nutrition abundantly synthesized by the body found in fish and omega-3 fatty acids made from cholesterol
Answer:
found in fish and omega-3 fatty acids
Question: Which statement about dietary lipids is true?
Answer Choices:
Fatty foods are low in energy density The fat in food contributes to satiety Dietary fats are necessary for the absorption of vitamin X Fat provides a tough texture
Answer:
The fat in food contributes to satiety
Question: The major storage form of lipids in the body is:
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triglycerides, which are made up of fatty acids and glycerol fatty acids, which are made up of three or more lipids cholesterol, which is stored in the blood ketone, which is stored in the liver lipoproteins, which carry fatty acids in the blood
Answer:
triglycerides, which are made up of fatty acids and glycerol
Question: Cooking oils are susceptible to rancidity because:
Answer Choices:
they have a high melting point they contain lots of trans fats they don’t contain any fat-soluble vitamins they have multiple points of unsaturation (open for attack from oxygen)
Answer:
they have multiple points of unsaturation (open for attack from oxygen)
Question: Linoleic acid is an example of a(n):
Answer Choices:
trans fat monounsaturated fatty acid omega-3 fatty acid omega-6 fatty acid sterol
Answer:
omega-6 fatty acid
Question: Body fat is used as a source of energy when not enough energy is available from food. This process involves:
Answer Choices:
releasing fatty acids that have been stored in the pancreas transporting cholesterol by the muscles to be broken down for energy using up proteins before fats for energy breaking down carbohydrates by the liver to be used for energy
Answer:
transporting cholesterol by the muscles to be broken down for energy
Question: According to current dietary recommendations, trans fats should be limited. How is this best accomplished?
Answer Choices:
Select foods containing manufactured rather than naturally occurring trans fats Read labels to avoid foods that say “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” on the label Choose foods with <0.5 grams of calories from saturated fat per serving and no hydrogenated oils on the ingredients list Use fat replacers, such as olestra, which provide the same nutrient content as regular fats without being absorbed No oil-processed foods such as bakery items, packaged cookies, and store-bought bread
Answer:
Read labels to avoid foods that say “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” on the label
Question: To replace animal fats with monounsaturated fats in your diet, you could use _____ instead of _____.
Answer Choices:
corn oil; butter safflower oil; olive oil sunflower oil; canola oil canola oil; lard peanut oil; canola oil
Answer:
canola oil; butter