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Acid Rain/Acid Deposition

The resulting acidic water droplets can be carried long distances by prevailing winds, returning to Earth as acid rain, snow, or fog. The acids can be transformed chemically into sulphur dioxide gas or into sulphur and nitrogen salts.

Carbohydrates

An athlete may be able to store as many as 4000 calories as carbohydrates due to training adaptations, but this is still limited compared to the 10000-30000 calories stored as fat. In any case, glycogen is limited and, if carbohydrate is not supplied regularly, stores become rapidly depleted.

Good Reading for Good Eating

Early in 1990, FDA began publishing proposals for new food labeling regulations that would, among other things, mandate nutrition labeling for almost all processed foods, limit health claims, establish reference Daily Values for certain nutrients, and define serving sizes.

BioTech: Introduction to Nucleic Acids

If you are unfamiliar with nucleic acids, this page should supply you with enough background information to make searching the various databases more meaningful. Included in the test are hot keys which will connect you to diagrams and glossary entries that will help you understand the text or provide more information about a specific subject.

BioTech: An Introduction to Proteins

If you are unfamiliar with proteins, this page should supply you with enough background information to make searching the various databases more meaningful. Included in the test are hot keys which will connect you to diagrams and glossary entries that will help you understand the text or provide more information about a specific subject.

DNA Fingerprinting in Human Health and Society