Results showed that the risk of developing atherosclerosis of the aorta at a young age (< 55 for men, < 65 for women) was 9 times higher for people with a parent who has suffered from the condition than for those who did not have any family history of the disease.
Fats, such as the fats in milk, need to be digested by your body. They are broken down into fatty acids and glycerol by an enzyme called lipase. Gastric lipase, secreted by the stomach lining, has a pH value for optimal activity around neutrality and would appear, therefore, to be essentially inactive in the strongly acid environment of the stomach.
The enzymes are: 1  Pancreatic amylase (which breaks down polysaccharides, i.e. starch into sugar) 2  Lipase (which breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol) 3  Proteases (which breaks down protein (polypeptide) into di-peptides).