A man just ate a plant-based hamburger with a bun and nothing else on the sandwich.Coincidentally, he visited his doctor an hour later.Out of concern that the man has been eating normally but losing weight, the doctor conducts some tests. The initial tests and observations showed that the man's caloric consumption (using the patient's food diary) should meet his caloric expenditure so that the man should be able to maintain a relatively constant body mass.The doctor ran another test on the man's feces and found that there was an abnormally low level of proteins in the feces. Surprisingly, the doctor found higher than expected levels of amino acids in the man's feces. No other abnormal results were found. Q1) True or false:  Based on the new evidence, digestion of proteins appears to be occurring normally. Q2) How are most of the mass loss of the food we absorb into the internal environment? Group of answer choices Feces Urine Carbon dioxide Water Peptides Fiber   Q3) A third test showed that the pH of the stomach was about 6.5 instead of its normally more acidic level. Considering this new information, which of the following could also explain the patient's symptoms? Group of answer choices a)An autoimmune disease killed many of the patient's parieteal cells b)Too much trypsinogen was secreted into the lumen of the stomach c)Higher than normal levels of chymotrypsinogen were secreted into the lumen of the small intestine d)Bicarbonate secretion neutralized stomach pH e)Too much mucus was secreted into the lumen of the stomach

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A man just ate a plant-based hamburger with a bun and nothing else on the sandwich.Coincidentally, he visited his doctor an hour later.Out of concern that the man has been eating normally but losing weight, the doctor conducts some tests.

The initial tests and observations showed that the man's caloric consumption (using the patient's food diary) should meet his caloric expenditure so that the man should be able to maintain a relatively constant body mass.The doctor ran another test on the man's feces and found that there was an abnormally low level of proteins in the feces. Surprisingly, the doctor found higher than expected levels of amino acids in the man's feces.

No other abnormal results were found.

Q1) True or false:  Based on the new evidence, digestion of proteins appears to be occurring normally.

Q2) How are most of the mass loss of the food we absorb into the internal environment?

Group of answer choices
Feces
Urine
Carbon dioxide
Water
Peptides
Fiber
 
Q3) A third test showed that the pH of the stomach was about 6.5 instead of its normally more acidic level. Considering this new information, which of the following could also explain the patient's symptoms?
Group of answer choices
a)An autoimmune disease killed many of the patient's parieteal cells
b)Too much trypsinogen was secreted into the lumen of the stomach
c)Higher than normal levels of chymotrypsinogen were secreted into the lumen of the small intestine
d)Bicarbonate secretion neutralized stomach pH
e)Too much mucus was secreted into the lumen of the stomach
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