What are the roles of prolactin and oxytocin in lactation
What will be an ideal response?
Ans: Prolactin is the principal hormone that promotes milk production, when baby suckles it sends signal to brain to release prolaction, if suckling stops for a few days milk secretion stops. In releasing milk the "let down reflex" is stimulated by oxytocin which contracts muscles in tissue to release milk
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Briefly describe the DASH eating plan and discuss the major nutrients that are components of this nutrition therapy
What will be an ideal response?
A high-quality protein used as a standard for measuring the quality of other proteins is ________.
A. soybean B. milk C. beef D. egg white
Glucogenic amino acids, through metabolic pathways, are broken down into pyruvate or intermediates of the citric acid cycle.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
About how many grams of carbohydrate are contained in one ounce of foods in the grain group?
a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d. 20