BIOL 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Fad Diet, Lactase, Basal Metabolic Rate

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Biology
• Course: BIOL 1500
• Professor: Marie Therese Rush

Document Summary

Summarize the information in the textbook and course manual on macronutrients (water, carbohydrates, proteins, and fats) and micronutrients (vitamins, minerals), including their characteristics, sources, and functions. In unit 4 you learned about the high correlation between skin colour in humans and exposure to uv light as a result of natural selection. Review the significance of vitamin d and folate (part of the vitamin b complex) in the article the biology of skin colour: black and white . One anthropologist hypothesized that dark skin evolved as an adaptation to protect another vitamin, vitamin b, which is broken down by sunlight. What are the advantages and disadvantages of vitamin supplements, processed. Whole foods naturally carry all the essential/complete proteins and carbohydrates. Processed foods are abject of their initial nutritive value. What is lactose intolerance, how does its prevalence vary with race, and what is. The inability to produce lactase, the enzyme required in processing lactose within the body.