Fats and Cholesterol

What is cholesterol?

• A carbohydrate
• A waxy fat-like substance
• A protein
• A vitamin

What is a HDL?

• Cholesterol your body makes
• Cholesterol you get from eating animal products

How can you increase HDL levels?

• Decreasing body weight
• Avoiding saturated fat intake
• Exercising for at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week
• all of the above

Where do human bodies get cholesterol?

• Eating Plants
• Eating Animal Products
• Our Bodies Make It
• Eating animal products and through the liver's production of cholesterol.

Cholesterol is added to the body by eating...

• Animal products
• Food in general
• Plant products
• Water

Experts recommend testing cholesterol levels for all children.

• True
• False

One out of every 6 adults, in the US, has high cholesterol.

• True
• False

What is the best plan to reduce high cholesterol?

• Diet changes
• Exercise
• blood test
• Diet changes combined with exercise.

What are LDLs?

• Liver Deadly Levels
• HDLs
• Good Cholesterol
• Low-Density Lipo Proteins

LDLs are necessary in your diet

• True
• False