Vignette #2 Bob Is Committed to Losing Weight but Knows

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Vignette #2 Bob is committed to losing weight but knows little about nutrition. He has heard his friends discussing types of fat, such as saturated and unsaturated. He has no idea what the terms mean or how they relate to his health and diet. He also has read that the most important improvement a person can make in his or her diet is to eat less cholesterol. Let's answer these questions and help Bob understand this topic better.
Bob read an article about how fat travels in his body. He learned that ____.

• A) blood cholesterol is carried in LDLs and deposited in plaque inside his arteries
• B) chylomicrons travel in HDLs and are taken back to his liver for disposal
• C) fat from a recent meal is carried in HDL to his liver for storage
• D) HDL makes fat available to body cells via dietary enzymes
• E) HDL is soluble in water and its particles are carried through plasma into the lymph system

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