FNDH 400 FINAL [2026] | UPDATED ACTUAL | Question
and Answer | VERIFIED ANSWERS AND COMPLETE REVIEW
• Following consumption of the _________, lipoprotein lipase would be active to
cleave fatty acids from lipoproteins like _______. -✓✓ ANSWER: Ornish diet; VLDL
• LDL is ____________ dense and more cholesterol-rich than VLDL from having
_________ during its formation. -✓✓ ANSWER: smaller, more; triglycerides
cleaved
• Following consumption of a meal containing long chain fatty acids, _________
will be released from the small intestine into _________ and travel through the
_______ before eventually reaching the liver as _________. -✓✓ ANSWER:
chylomicrons; lacteal; lymph; chylomicron remnants
• Individuals with need to avoid consuming gluten, which is found in ______
products. -✓✓ ANSWER: Celiac disease; wheat
• If a person's cardiovascular disease risk warrants it based on an online
calculator, he/she should take a statin, which _______ HMG CoA reductase
activity, thus decreasing cholesterol _________. -✓✓ ANSWER: inhibits; synthesis
• Beta-oxidation _______ fatty acids ________ acetyl-CoA. -✓✓ ANSWER: breaks
down; into
• ________ synthesizes fatty acids from acetyl-CoA. -✓✓ ANSWER: De novo
lipogenesis
, • _______ is the anabolic synthesis of glycogen from glucose, ________ is the
catabolic ________ of glucose to pyruvate. -✓✓ ANSWER: Glycogenesis;
glycolysis; breakdown
• Name the tissue, organ, or cells that you learned about that does not perform
the citric acid cycle. -✓✓ ANSWER: Red Blood Cells
• If a person has been consuming a diet that lacks carbohydrates for a week, what
would the primary energy source be that the muscle would use to generate ATP. -
✓✓ ANSWER: Fatty Acids
• What is carnitine's function related to macronutrient metabolism? -✓✓
ANSWER: It helps to transport long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria.
• Why are not all compounds that are taken up into enterocytes eventually
absorbed? -✓✓ ANSWER: Because enterocytes are sloughed off, meaning that
what compounds are within them are not all necessarily absorbed.
• A) During a fast, what would the adipose be secreting?
B) What hormone is stimulating this action? -✓✓ ANSWER: Adipose secrets: Fatty
Acids, Amino Acids
Hormone secreted Lipase
• The Baby Food Diet recommended consuming 14 jars of baby food a day
followed by a regular meal. Assume that a person that follows this diet only
consumes pureed fruit and vegetable options and then follows this with a
vegetarian dinner that he/she has just finished eating, resulting in him/her being
and Answer | VERIFIED ANSWERS AND COMPLETE REVIEW
• Following consumption of the _________, lipoprotein lipase would be active to
cleave fatty acids from lipoproteins like _______. -✓✓ ANSWER: Ornish diet; VLDL
• LDL is ____________ dense and more cholesterol-rich than VLDL from having
_________ during its formation. -✓✓ ANSWER: smaller, more; triglycerides
cleaved
• Following consumption of a meal containing long chain fatty acids, _________
will be released from the small intestine into _________ and travel through the
_______ before eventually reaching the liver as _________. -✓✓ ANSWER:
chylomicrons; lacteal; lymph; chylomicron remnants
• Individuals with need to avoid consuming gluten, which is found in ______
products. -✓✓ ANSWER: Celiac disease; wheat
• If a person's cardiovascular disease risk warrants it based on an online
calculator, he/she should take a statin, which _______ HMG CoA reductase
activity, thus decreasing cholesterol _________. -✓✓ ANSWER: inhibits; synthesis
• Beta-oxidation _______ fatty acids ________ acetyl-CoA. -✓✓ ANSWER: breaks
down; into
• ________ synthesizes fatty acids from acetyl-CoA. -✓✓ ANSWER: De novo
lipogenesis
, • _______ is the anabolic synthesis of glycogen from glucose, ________ is the
catabolic ________ of glucose to pyruvate. -✓✓ ANSWER: Glycogenesis;
glycolysis; breakdown
• Name the tissue, organ, or cells that you learned about that does not perform
the citric acid cycle. -✓✓ ANSWER: Red Blood Cells
• If a person has been consuming a diet that lacks carbohydrates for a week, what
would the primary energy source be that the muscle would use to generate ATP. -
✓✓ ANSWER: Fatty Acids
• What is carnitine's function related to macronutrient metabolism? -✓✓
ANSWER: It helps to transport long-chain fatty acids into the mitochondria.
• Why are not all compounds that are taken up into enterocytes eventually
absorbed? -✓✓ ANSWER: Because enterocytes are sloughed off, meaning that
what compounds are within them are not all necessarily absorbed.
• A) During a fast, what would the adipose be secreting?
B) What hormone is stimulating this action? -✓✓ ANSWER: Adipose secrets: Fatty
Acids, Amino Acids
Hormone secreted Lipase
• The Baby Food Diet recommended consuming 14 jars of baby food a day
followed by a regular meal. Assume that a person that follows this diet only
consumes pureed fruit and vegetable options and then follows this with a
vegetarian dinner that he/she has just finished eating, resulting in him/her being
