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In comparison to a low-density lipoprotein, a high-density lipoprotein contains ____.

Your friend Jody considers following a popular diet plan. She shows you the description of the plan in a magazine. Which of the following statements in the magazine would suggest that this plan is an unsound, fad diet?

Which of the following compounds can be synthesized by carbohydrate, protein, and fat?

The metabolic breakdown of glucose to pyruvate is known as

Anabolism is the opposite of catabolism in that in anabolism _________.

Imagine that an adult consumes 500 excess kcalories each day for two weeks. About how much weight would that person gain?

What amino acid has been advertised in the popular media for treating insomnia and depression?

The metabolism of alcohol begins in the ____.

What is the reason that fat yields more calories than carbohydrate or protein?

Running at 9 mph expends .103 kcalories per pound per minute. About how many kcalories will a 120-pound woman expend during a 30-minute run?