God Rest Ye Merry Lipoproteins
(To the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry
Gentlemen"
Copyright ©2002 Kevin
Ahern
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Instructor Sings
God rest ye merry dieters
With high cholesterol
Your chylomicrons all contain
Triacylglycerols
And move from lymph to capillaries
Where their progress stalls
Everyone sings
Tha-anks lipo protein li-pase,
Protein lipase
O-oh thank you lipo protein li-pase
Instructor Sings
And after their fat goodies
Have been hydrolyzed away
The chylomicron remnants
Go along their merry way
The liver grabs them from the blood
And puts them all away
Everyone sings
Just as we should do with
Kenneth Lay,
Kenneth Lay
O-oh just as we should do with Kenneth Lay
(Note - He's the Enron guy)
Instructor Sings
And when the liver gets a message
From the body's cells
It makes up little packages
We call VLDLs
They seem like chylomicrons, but turn
In to something else
Everyone sings
Please don't become the
LDLs ,
LDLs
O-oh please don't become the LDLs
Instructor Sings
For LDLs cause chaos
When their insides oxidize
The macrophages bind to them
And foam cells can arise
You'd better watch your diet
Or your blood flow will downsize
Everyone sings
And that would not be very
wise,
Very wise
No-oh that would not be very wise
Instructor Sings
So if you take some lessons from
This little comic bit
Your diet should be healthy
And you should try to stay fit
Eat greens and drink red wine but try
Not to overdo it
Everyone sings
And your heart will never ever
quit
Want to quit
No, no your heart will never ever quit
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