Nutrition Exam 3 Final

Health experts often advise individuals to routinely take a multivitamin-mineral supplement under the guidance of a physician when _____.

A person is recovering from surgery.

Why is choline considered a "conditionally" essential nutrient?

Because the body is unable to make enough choline when fed a choline-free diet

prebiotics

Fermented dietary fiber that can serve as food for probiotic bacteria in oatmeal, flax, and legumes

What phytochemical-containing food is matched correctly with its possible health benefit?

Flaxseed - exhibits estrogen-blocking activity

What is a correct pairing of the vitamin with an associated deficiency symptom?

Folate - neural tube defects

What happens whenever calcium concentration in the blood falls too low?

Hormones initiate the release of calcium from the bones.

What phytochemical in soy products are currently being researched that can prevent diseases such as osteoporosis, heart disease, and various cancers?

Isoflavones

What statement regarding atrophic gastritis is correct?

It can be easily treated with vitamin B12 supplements or injections.

What is the primary role of the B-family of vitamins?

It helps enzymes release energy from absorbed nutrients.

Which type of cancer is not associated with low fruit and vegetable intake?

Liver

What is the link between homocysteine, the B vitamins—folate, vitamin B12, and vitamin B6—and heart disease?

Low levels of the B vitamins have been found in association with high homocysteine levels and an increased risk of fatal heart disease in men and women.

What is a characteristic of water-soluble vitamins?

They are very unstable during food handling and processing.

What vitamin can be made by the body and acts like a hormone?

Vitamin D

What is given to a newborn baby before leaving the hospital to prevent excessive bleeding in case of an injury?

Vitamin K

What foods can you find carotenoids?

You can find carrots, spinach and tomatoes

probiotics

friendly living bacteria, in fermented milk products ash as yogurt

Vitamin A _____.

helps to maintain healthy epithelial tissue

Antioxidant vitamins prevent free radicals from attacking cells and causing damage by _____.

neutralizing the free radicals and converting them back into stable oxygen molecules