Familial hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder caused by a defect on chromosome 19. The defect makes the body unable to remove low density lipoprotein (LDL, or bad) cholesterol from the blood. This results in high levels of LDL in the blood.igh levels of LDL cholesterol make you more likely to have narrowing of the arteries from atherosclerosis at an early age. Those with familial hypercholesterolemia are more likely to have a family history of high cholesterol and heart disease at a younger age than normal.
The number of calories in a food is a measure of how much potential energy that food possesses. A gram of carbohydrates has 4 calories, a gram of protein has 4 calories, and a gram of fat has 9 calories. Foods are a compilation of these three building blocks. So if you know how many carbohydrates, fats and proteins are in any given food, you know how many calories, or how much energy, that food contains.
MedlinePlus reports that carbs and protein each provide 4 calories per gram, and fat contains 9 calories in each gram. For example, if youâve eaten 65 total grams of dietary fat, youâve consumed 585 calories from fat. If youâve eaten 95 grams of protein, youâve consumed 380 calories from protein, and if youâve eaten 250 carb grams, youâve consumed 1,000 calories from carbohydrates. Alcohol â in alcoholic beverages â provides 7 calories per gram, reports the McKinley Health Center.