Author Archive: Joseph Dixon

You Don’t Need Lettuce Salad Monday, October 20, 2015

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Salad Friday, October 16, 2016

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Some Questions from Students:

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Salad Friday, October 9, 2015

Today’s Salad Friday-Two students have earned salads today from fantastic contributions to Tuesday’s lecture. Today’s salad: Green Lettuce Baby Greens and Spinach Tomato Avocado Black Beans Hard Boiled Egg Olive Oil, Vinegar, Italian Seasonings Dressing

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Class on Friday, October 9, 2015

These are the Lipoprotein Families: Albumin (a blood protein and not a Lipoprotein) and VLDL participate in the Adipose/Liver-Free Fatty Acid/VLDL Cycle:

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Mediterranean Salads for Lunch, October 7, 2015

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Questions for the Dietary Assignment, October 6, 2015

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Class on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

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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? …

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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 …

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