Nutrition Exam 1 (correct answers)

Which of the following foods would be a valuable recommendations to a person with hypercholesterolemia to help them reduce cholesterol levels?

More fruit like apples

when he prepares food, Edgar wants to use ingredients that are not high in trans fat. based on this information, which of the following fats should he include in his recipes?

corn oil

given the following info, what would be the nutrient density for iron of the following food? Caloric content of food: 400 calories iron content of food: 5 mg daily caloric intake: 2000 calories RDA for iron: 10 mg

2.5

If a food label states that a serving contains 150 calories and 5 grams of fat, what is the % of calories as fat in this food?

30

If someone is consuming 1500 calories/day, what is the maximum grams of total fat they could consume and meet Healthy Heart recommendations?

50

Rank the following fatty acids from most likely to least likely to increase risk of heart disease?

Lauric acid, myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid

Which of the following fatty acids is most likely to reduce serum cholesterol levels?

Linoleic acid

a high glycemic index is an indication of

a food that raises blood glucose levels similar to consuming glucose

if a person were not able to produce insulin because of a genetic defect, predict a likely outcome for that individual. the person would..

be a fasting hyperglycemic

Rapeseed oil is more commonly referred to as

canola oil

which of the following did your instructor feel was the most heart healthy, in other words most likely to reduce risk of heart disease?

chicken from chickfila

which of the following best describes what your instructors opinion of eggs is?

egg yolks contain valuable nutrients, so most people would be advised to eat the whole egg, not just the egg whites

Maltodextrin is composed of what monosaccharide units?

glucose

the primary reason we recommend complex carbohydrates over simple sugars is?

high starch foods almost always have a high nutrient density

blood glucose in the normal, healthy body

is replenished during fasting when liver glycogen is hydrolyzed to glucose that then enters the bloodstream

Which of the following foods is most likely to increase LDL cholesterol levels?

margarine

if you found galactose in a blood sample taken from a patients portal vein, you would conclude that they had recently consumed?

milk

which of the following is highest in monounsaturated fat?

olive oil

we decided its pretty easy to tell which foods are lowest in cholesterol. which of the following is cholesterol free?

peanut butter

what does the american diabetes association recommend regarding the glycemic index and making food choices for those with diabetes?

the amount and timing of intake of carbohydrate is more important than glycemic index

what is the relationship of sucrose to hyperactivity?

there is no valid scientific evidence of a cause effect relationship between sucrose and hyperactivity

a type 1 diabetic would be

unable to produce sufficient insulin

What did we say is the connection between sucrose intake and obesity?

we like the taste of sweet fat, so many foods high in sucrose are also high fat and high calorie