A High Fat Diet leads to C.H.D: Discuss
Mark Koo Yr13
Coronary Heart disease is a disease, in which waxy substance called plaque builds up inside the coronary arteries. Coronary arteries play an important role, supplying oxygen rich blood to our heart muscle. When plaque builds up in the arteries, the condition is called atherosclerosis. Over a long period of time, the plaque hardens and ruptures. The hardened plaque tends to block the blood flows in the arteries; also there will be a blood clot if the plaque ruptures. This acts as a blockage of coronary arteries.
High levels of cholesterol in the blood may be caused by having a genetic susceptibility, however, it is mainly caused by consuming too much saturated fat containing foods.
Cholesterol is a fat made by the liver from the saturated fat in our diet. Cholesterol is essential for hormone production such as sex hormones, bile and vitamin-D production, and cell membrane support, however too much consumption leads to C.H.D. Cholesterol is carried in the bloodstream by the molecule called lipoprotein. There are two main types of lipoprotein: Low Density Lipoprotein (LDL) & High Density Lipoprotein (HDL). LDL is the one that causes the C.H.D, which tends to be stuck on the surface of the wall of coronary arteries, and it is from the saturated fat diets.
The low density lipoprotein is affected by our diets (unsaturated fat). Our body, liver, naturally produces cholesterol, which includes LDL, so that the additional LDL from our high fat diets increases risk getting C.H.D even further.
However, not only high fat diet that causes C.H.D, there are other factors that cause the disease. Individuality varies with people; some people who do not consume high fat diet also might have C.H.D due to genetic factors. Furthermore, Abetalipoproteinemia (ABL) and familial hypobetalipoproteinemia (FHBL) are relatively uncommon inherited disorders of lipoprotein metabolism that cause low cholesterol levels, but the person who has the disorder exhibit an enhanced tendency to develop C.H.D.
Smoking, lack of exercise, high blood pressure, and obesity also can lead to C.H.D. These factors and high fat diet are acquired factors; and the genetic problems can seen as a innate factors that cause C.H.D.
WebMD. (2016). A Look at Coronary Artery Disease. [online] Available at: http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/guide/heart-disease-coronary-artery-disease [Accessed 18 Aug. 2016].
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답글삭제WWW: Mentioning the primary purpose of cholesterol provides a broader background information. Although the article mainly focuses on cholesterol, it also mentions some other risk factors of CHD.
답글삭제EBI: It would have been better if the other risk factors (ex genetic factors) were explained a bit more
Questions: What are some examples of food that contains a high level of cholesterol?
Question: What are some examples of food that contains a high level of cholesterol?
답글삭제Cholesterol is only found in animal food products. High cholesterol foods include eggs, liver, fish, fast foods, butter, shellfish, shrimp, bacon, sausages, red meat, cheese, and pastries.
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Your article is more of a description of what CHD and cholesterol are and is not so much of a discussion of the link between diet and CHD. Be careful of drawing firm conclusions based on limited evidence. This statement, "it is mainly caused by consuming too much saturated fat containing foods", is debatable with the word 'cause' as a matter of contention.