Dietary heme iron is obtained mainly from plant-based foods.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
False
In animal flesh (beef, pork, seafood, and poultry), most of the iron is present as hemoglobin and myoglobin, which collectively is called heme iron.
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A) shot. B) standard drink. C) boost. D) standard shot.
Which of the following is a precursor of bile, vitamin D, and some sex hormones?
A. phospholipids B. triglycerides C. cholesterol D. glycerol
If you are conducting research on energy expenditure and are not limited by money or size, and your subjects can remain inside the measuring device for 24 hours, which type of method are your using?
a. TEE b. DLW c. indirect calorimetry d. direct calorimetry
The flexibility required for movement of the RBC through the vessels is largely determined by:
a. the amount of hemoglobin in the cell. b. the maturity of the RBC. c. the size of the cell's nucleus. d. the fatty acid content of the cell's membrane.