What factors impact the taste of food?
Threshold concentration; food composition – ? detection in liquids, chemical basis of foods; location of food on the tongue; presence of other taste substances and their concentration; taste fatigue; temperature – most intense tastes – 68°F-86°F; and age.
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Nutrients can be used to compensate for some gaps in our DNA. For example:
A) ?Individuals with a change in the base sequence for the phenylalanine hydroxylase gene can correct the sequence of bases by eating a lot of phenylalanine. B) ?Obese individuals can lose body weight by eating fewer calories than they expend. C) ?Omega-3 fatty acids can upregulate genes encoding for fat oxidation. D) ?Individuals with a polymorphism that decreases activity of a folate-metabolizing enzyme, methylene tetrahydrofolate reductase, may have more elevated plasma homocysteine than those with a normal enzyme while more folate intake can normalize plasma homocysteine for those with this polymorphism.
A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping immediately after drinking a few glasses of wine. What would you tell her?
a. Yes; in fact, discarding your breast milk is a good thing to do if you would like to drink while breastfeeding. b. Yes; pumping will help, but you need to pump for the next 24 hours and discard any milk that you collect. c. No; your breast milk will still contain alcohol; you will need to wait 1 hour per alcoholic beverage and then pump the milk and discard it to be safe. d. No; the alcohol will still be in the breast milk and will clear from the milk as soon as it clears from the blood stream: roughly 2 to 3 hours per drink for a 120-pound woman. e. No; alcohol cannot be removed from breastmilk; if she wishes to breastfeed, she must eliminate her alcohol consumption.
According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, what is the recommended maximum number of hours/day of television viewing for a child under 2 years of age?
a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3 e. 5
People from what region seem to have much less incidence of fat metabolism disorders?
a. Africa b. Asia c. Europe d. United States e. Australia