ANY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE??????

Thanks amber!!

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure that some of the equations on the board behind the cat are fraught with error. It could be that the school is trying to preserve academic integrity by blocking it. As for Jack Sparrow, well.....Johnny Depp is effing adorable amirite?

But what does milk squared equal? I NEED TO KNOW!

Seriously? Bro, do you even dairy math? Milk squared = cheese. Milk cubed = cottage cheese. Milk/0 = out-of-date yogurt (that I'm probably gonna still eat anyway because who the hell has time to drive all the way to the store for just yogurt. amirite?)

Replying to this thread is no way to gauge intelligence. I just wanted to point that out.

I don't know much about the role of phosphorus in the body.

Wikipedia is a good starting place though: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorus

Apparently an average adult human contains 0.7kg of phosphorus

And also apparently if you're getting enough protein in the diet you're getting enough phosphorus. Protein itself doesn't contain phosphorus, but high protein foods are also high in phosphorus.

The only thing I think of when I hear phosphorus in the body is my lessons on nitrogen and phosphorus cycling in aquariums.

I explain it to my student's this way:
Lipids and Carbohydrates = Carbon Hydrogen Oxygen
Proteins = add Nitrogen
Nucleic Acids = add Phosphorus

So when it comes to elemental composition of the body it goes Oxygen, Carbon, Hydrogen, Nitrogen (calcium cause bones) then Phosphorus. So yea, VERY important, every single cell in every single organism requires it, but that also means that every single food you eat is going to have some, so generally, not an element you need to worry about getting enough of....

Aaaaand, I just nerded out on that, sorry.

hahahaha. nice. reminds me of a fave limerick:

little Tommy took a drink
but he will drink no more
for what he thought was H2O
was H2SO4

I used to do this demonstration with my chem classes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqDHwd9rG0s

Really brings home the point, just cause it LOOKS like water, doesn't mean it IS water. It really is scary how many kids will just walk up and try to touch or taste something out of a beaker because the THINK they know what it is......

They're probably like me-- a little too trusting.

A couple of weeks ago my boss handed me something and said "eat this and tell me if you can tell what's in it-- it's something weird." I didn't even hesitate. As I was chewing I thought "this probably isn't a good way to be."


It was chocolate with bacon in it.

Hey from an evolutionary standpoint, being willing to try new things can be advantageous..... or very much not so..... looks like it worked well for you, this time.

Hang on, I just need to look up "overincumbence" in the dictionary.....

google 'overincumbence' and you get one result :laugh:

Okay, folks, I'm sitting here in my very quiet, serious office, hiding my face behind a handful of papers so my co-workers can't see me cracking up! OMG you all made my day! But I have to say this reply takes the cake. Google it. Please! (Yeah, I'm a nerd and actually Googled it and about peed my pants!)

I was hoping to gauge a response from those of you that find an analytical approach to a dietician’s analysis of prearranged phosphorous intake to be conducive to the actual dietary needs for most people.

Specifically in regard to overincumbence of the minerals that relate to regular release function.

After receiving a review from a professional and analyzing the input given i can't seem to grasp the approach as it was mentioned to me.

I just struggle with straying from what has always been commonplace amongst what was always my understanding of the matter.

Does anyone here have any background information or experience that would lend to this type of dietary regimen?

I welcome any feedback especially any information conducive to aid in the overall understanding of such a wide ranging and changing topic.

Thanks.

hahahaha. nice. reminds me of a fave limerick:

little Tommy took a drink
but he will drink no more
for what he thought was H2O
was H2SO4

I used to do this demonstration with my chem classes:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqDHwd9rG0s

Really brings home the point, just cause it LOOKS like water, doesn't mean it IS water. It really is scary how many kids will just walk up and try to touch or taste something out of a beaker because the THINK they know what it is......

They're probably like me-- a little too trusting.

A couple of weeks ago my boss handed me something and said "eat this and tell me if you can tell what's in it-- it's something weird." I didn't even hesitate. As I was chewing I thought "this probably isn't a good way to be."


It was chocolate with bacon in it.

Hey from an evolutionary standpoint, being willing to try new things can be advantageous..... or very much not so..... looks like it worked well for you, this time.

if you have a whole tribe of Homo erectus people, and they find a new kind of berry or fungus and don't know if it's safe to eat, ..... one of them who's the most adventurous/impulsive/trusting tries it first, then if he drops dead the others don't eat it and the group survives

therefore this trait remains in the population in spite of it's potential detriment to the individual, because it increases the population's chance of survival