Author Archive: Joseph Dixon
Updated Class Schedule on Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Please look closely at the updated class schedule!
Questions from an Inquisitive Student on February 1, 2015
Questions from an inquisitive student! I received this email from a student. These are great questions and she gave me permission to share them with you. Professor Dixon, I have some questions that I hope you can help me with: 1. What is the format of the test (multiple choice/short answer)? Ans: Multiple choice 2. …
Energy and Nutrition, Blog from Class on January 30, 2015
Points from the Lecture on Energy. I presented some aspects of energy in nutrition but stopped because we will discuss this again in material for exam 2. However, I wish to give you the outline of the rest of the story now. Calories — This is a unit of measure for the energy form called …
Why You Have to Learn Some Chemistry in Nutrition and Health
Why do you need to learn some chemistry in Nutrition and Health? Actually, for many of you it will not be the first time you learned it and you might need to dig deep in your brain to freshen up the “chemistry neurons.” These are the reasons why all of you need to learn same …
Comments on the Vitamin C Depletion Experiment, Jan 27, 2015
Several students have asked for more information about the Vitamin C depletion experiment presented in class. Joe Dixon 1-27-2015 As I indicated in class, I was looking for this data for a long time and finally found it when I was browsing through a book. Many of the nutrient balance studies were performed in the …
Class on Friday, January 23, 2015
How do we know what is an adequate or safe intake of a nutrient? A Nutrient Balance Study must be performed in humans to learn about the nutrient and to allow us to calculate how much of the nutrient is needed to maintain health.
Results of Class Survey and Comparison to last Semester
The class has a slightly different makeup this spring compared to the fall 2014 semester, but not as much as I initially thought. These data will help you size up the composition of the class! Quite interestingly, only 30% of the class has taken biology. I find this hard to believe but both semesters came …
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