Author Archive: Joseph Dixon
Class 9 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapter 4 in McGuire – Finish! Start Chapter 5 – Protein
See Handout on Starch Digestion in the Small Intestine and Absorption of Glucose Exam 1 is Next Monday, October 7, 2019
Class 8 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapter 4 in McGuire – Finish Carbohydrates for Real! Start Chapter 5 – Protein
Remember – Exam 1 is next Monday! The Most Important Topic Covered in Carbohydrates is this:
Class 6 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapter 4 in McGuire – Carbohydrates
See article at: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(19)30173-1/fulltext#back-bib2 Board Presentation on 9-18-2019: On the board I reviewed the reason I discussed the mechanism of fire and how it relates to energy in foods and how energy is conserved in humans. Obviously, there is energy in the bonds of the fuel for a fire. That energy can be measured …
Class 5 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapters 3 and 4 in McGuire – Second Half of Chapter 3 – Digestion; Then Carbohydrates
Why did we discuss the Mechanism of Fire last time? https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016508519346360?via%3Dihub
Class 4 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Diet Assignment and Start Chapter 3 of McGuire
The Opioid Crisis and How Drug Companies Tied the Hands of the Food and Drug Administration reminds me of how Supplement Companies tied the Hands of the FDA in the early 1990s. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/drug-industry-plan-to-defeat-dea/ See Link above for full article, which is very long.
Class 3 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapter 2 of McGuire and Beerman
Using Eatracker.ca to do your Diet Assignment
Class 2 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Chapter 1 of McGuire and Beerman
Note about Order of Topics: I follow the book very closely throughout the semester. The first two chapters of the book are fairly light and concern general information about Nutrition and how the Dietary Standards (Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs)) were created and why. I add some information about the Foundations of Nutrition, which were developed …
Class 1 – Nutrition and Health – Fall 2019 – Welcome to Class
Welcome to the Class: I wanted to say I am looking forward to class this semester. Last semester I added TopHat to the class so as to get immediate feedback and to better track attendance. The response was amazing – every student I talked to liked using TopHat. In order to makeup for some of …
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