What functions do the eggs have in these recipes?


Eggs provide protein and starch for structural strength. Egg yolks provide emulsification properties.

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Your cousin Emily is a vegetarian. Since you have just learned in your nutrition class that nonheme iron is absorbed less efficiently than heme iron, you want to make sure Emily is getting enough iron. What should you recommend Emily do to maximize her iron absorption?

a. Choose spinach as her main source of iron b. Eat her nonheme iron sources with a glass of milk c. Eat her nonheme iron sources with a glass of orange juice d. Refrain from any major activity after eating to aid digestion/absorption of iron

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A street-level bureaucrat, such as a ____, makes daily policy decisions by interpreting government laws and regulating citizens

a. federal Congressman b. schoolteacher c. food inspector d. state Senator

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This Institute of Medicine recommends that at least _____ minutes of physical activity be available to children during the school day

a. 30 minutes b. 45 minutes c. 60 minutes d. >60 minutes

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________ increases the available surface area of fats for digestion and later absorption.

A. Gastric lipase B. Pancreatic lipase C. Lingual lipase D. Bile

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