Norder to lose 12 pounds, your friend wants to fast for a week. you don't think it is a good idea. which of the following statements best explains why she should not fast and provides her with a better alternative? a. fasting can lead to fatigue or dizziness, so it would be best to follow a low-carbohydrate diet to lose weight. b. fasting can cause the metabolism to slow down, so it would be better to follow a well-balanced diet that has reduced calories. c. fasting is ineffective because it's hard to maintain, so it would be best to take diet pills instead. d. fasting will cause you to have low energy, so a liquid diet would be best because it doesn't have any negative side effects.

The nutrient facts label on a food package lists the following: iron 50%. what does this figure indicate?

Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium transmitted to people by deer ticks. deer ticks are almost never born infected with the bacterium, but they can pick it up from feeding on an infected host in any of the tick's three successive stage of development: larva, nymph, adult. once infected, a tick remains infected through any subsequent developmental stages, but since a tick feeds on only one host in each stage, it follows that . people can be infected only by being bitten by a tick that is either in larval stage or in the nymph stage b. people cannot be infected by a tick that picked up the lyme disease bacterium in the adult stage c. it is not possible for a person to be infected by a tick that is in the nymph stage or by a tick that was infected with the bacterium while in the nymph stage d. people infected with the lyme disease bacterium cannot transmit bacterium to adult deer ticks e. only deer ticks that are adults can transmit the lyme disease bacterium to people

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