How are vitamins similar to carbohydrates, fats, and proteins?
a. typical roles in the body
b. organic nature
c. chemical structure
d. amounts required in the diet
b
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Glucose can be used to make fatty acids.
a. true b. false
Sam has been diagnosed with esophageal dysphagia. This means that he has:
a. difficulty passing a bolus of food through the esophagus into the stomach. b. coughing during swallowing. c. an inability to initiate swallowing. d. excessive secretion of saliva.
The flakiness of pie crust depends on:
a. type of fat b. oxidation of fat c. temperature of the fat d. oven temperature
Which of the following is characteristic of children who regularly eat breakfast or skip breakfast?
a. Breakfast-skippers actually show lower scores on IQ tests than those who eat breakfast. b. Attention spans are similar but a significant number of breakfast-skippers show hyperglycemia. c. Breakfast-skippers initially show decreased mental performance but with time they adapt and show almost identical achievements. d. Breakfast-skippers who change to eating breakfast show a temporary improvement in mental concentration but also a moderate degree of hypoglycemia. e. Children who skip breakfast and often quite thin and malnourished.