Author Archive: Joseph Dixon
Some Questions from Students before Exam 1, October 1, 2015
I’ve had quite a few students drop in for office hours and another bunch have emailed me questions. Q: Can you further clarify what chemical score is and how your derive it. Specifically can you explain the practice question (#18) on the exam practice test. Why is is about 70% as good as egg protein? …
Class on Tuesday, September 29, 2015
Questions from the Class: What are the ULs for vitamin D and selenium? The ULs for vitamin D and selenium are both about 7 times the RDA. This can be seen from the tables in the front cover of the 3rd edition of the text. Why are fat and gas similar? Fat and gasoline are …
Questions Concerning the Dietary Assignment, September 23, 2015
I received these great questions concerning the dietary assignment. The answers are below. “Hello Professor! I am just working on the Dietary Assignment and I had a couple of questions: 1) So when you say something needs to be “on one side of one page,” you mean that you want it to be a single …
More on Glucose and Diabetes, September 23, 2015
Last time I gave more information on glucose transporters in order to answer two questions that were asked in class. There was another question that was asked by a student that I couldn’t think of the answer right away. The question was, “Why does the intestinal brush border glucose transporter requires sodium as a co-transporter?” …
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