BS101 lab 2: Atkins or “Fadkins” ?

BS101 lab 2: Atkins or “Fadkins” ?

Atkins or “Fadkins” ?

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Lesson 2 Laboratory: Atkins vs Fatkins
Complete the questions below. When you are asked to include a citation (author, year) make sure 
to also include the appropriate reference in the reference page. 
PART I QUESTIONS:
First, find out what nutrients Janine and Mitchell are talking about. Describe what the following molecules structure 
and what they are used for in the human body. List major dietary sources of each.

1. Proteins

DESCRIBE
STRUCTURE
(EXAMPLE) Proteins are 
chains of amino acids

USE IN BODY?

DIETARY SOURCE

2. Carbohydrates
3. Fats

TRUE or
FALSE?

EXPLAIN YOUR
ANSWER

INCLUDE
INTERNAL
CITATION (Author’s
last name, year)

4. Janine made this statement: “… if your 
brain doesn’t get carbs—well, glucose, 
anyway—you get really cranky. You have 
to have enough carbs.” Is this statement 
about glucose TRUE or FALSE? 
Explain/support your answer with 
researched evidence using APA citations.   
5. Janine also said: If you eat way too 
much protein and not enough carbs you 
can potentially damage your kidneys 
because of all the nitrogen you have to 
process breaking down the protein.  
Extremely high protein diets can 
potentially damage kidneys in 
healthy adults. TRUE or FALSE? 
Explain/support your answer with 
researched evidence using APA citations.   

TYPE CORRECT ANSWER (a, b,

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c or d)
6. Choose the statement below that best describes the words “calorie” and 
“energy.” 
a. Calorie is a unit that is used to measure energy. Energy is the capacity to 
do work or a phenomenon that allows change to happen.
b.  Calorie is the capacity to do work or a phenomenon that allows change 
to happen. Energy is a unit that is used to measure energy.
c. A calorie measures sugar content. Energy measures calorie content
d. All of the above are correct 
7.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Which substances supply energy to the human body?
Carbohydrates
Fats
Sugars
All of the above are correct. 

PART II QUESTIONS:
TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE

INCLUDE INTERNAL
CITATION (Author’s last name, year)

8. How does the medical community 
define “obesity?” 

TYPE CORRECT ANSWER 
(a, b, c or d)
9. What is “set point theory”? 
a. The chemical processes occurring within a living cell or organism that are necessary
for the maintenance of life
b. The human body has a built­in control system that dictates how much fat the body
will carry, and that the set point range differs from person to person, probably set 
by the person’s genetics.
c. The final point needed to win a sports match
d. A positive feedback loop controlling the body mass index
10 Which statement about “metabolism, energy balance and body weight” is true? 
a. A person with a low metabolic rate tends to use fewer calories, and may therefore 

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gain weight more easily if they eat as much as someone with an average 
metabolism. 
b. A person with a very high metabolic rate uses many more calories, and may 
consume much more than someone with an average metabolism yet be unable to 
gain weight.
c. Metabolism is the sum of all processes that break down organic molecules and 
convert them into usable energy within the cells
d. All of the above are true statements 

TRUE or
FALSE?

EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER

INCLUDE
INTERNAL
CITATION
(Author’s last name,
year)

11. Janine said that increasing 
muscle mass increases metabolism. 
Is this statement TRUE or 
FALSE? Explain/support your 
answer with researched evidence 
using APA citations.                

PART III QUESTIONS:
TYPE CORRECT ANSWER 
(a, b, c or d)
12. What is the relationship between sugar and complex carbohydrates?
a. The terms can be used interchangeably. 
b. Complex carbohydrates such as starch and glycogen, are long chains of sugars.
c. Sugars such as sucrose and glucose are chains of carbohydrates
d. The body uses only sugars as an energy source and not carbohydrates

TYPE YOUR ANSWER HERE

13. Janine mentioned blood sugar 
levels, which puzzled Mitchell. Why 
is there sugar in your blood?  Cite your

INCLUDE INTERNAL
CITATION 
(Author’s last name, year)

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answer. 

HORMONE 1
14. What 2 hormones control blood 
sugar levels?

References

HORMONE 2