Students will be working on a project to determine the effectiveness of various energy drinks. Objectives include:
- Define energy in a biological / nutritional context.
- Identify valid biochemical sources of energy.
- Discuss how foods are metabolized to generate ATP.
- Critically evaluate marketing claims for various energy drinks.
- Describe and categorize chemically the components of various popular “energy drinks.”
- Determine the physiological role of these components in the human body.
- Explain scientifically how the marketing claims for these drinks are supported (or not).
- Determine under what conditions each of the “energy drinks” might be useful to the consumer.
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