Exam 3

Health And Exercise Science 1470 with Harkins at University of Minnesota - Duluth

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By: Erin Jennings
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Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
Created: 2010-12-17
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Meals high in sodium can temporarily cause what to happen to the body?

Increase body water content

A vitamin is

An organic compound, indispensable to body function, and needed in small amounts

Fat malabsorption can cause deficiencies of which vitamins?

A, D, E, and K

A precursor is a compound that can be converted into an?

Active vitamin by the body

Vitamin K can be obtained by?

Intestinal bacteria

Vitamin E is an?

antioxidant

Bright yellow skin is a symptom of?

Beta-Carotene toxicity

The water-soluble vitamins are stored extensively in tissues?

False, they are NOT stored in tissues. However, the main characteristics are that they seldom reach toxic levels, they are easily absorbed and excreted, and they dissolve water.

The B vitamins act as par of what?

Coenzymes

A B vitamin that is important for women of childbearing age to prevent neural tube defects?

Folate

Vitamin toxicity is a concern in fat-soluble vitamins because they are found in higher amounts in food.

False, Vitamin toxicity is a concern in fat-soluble vitamins because they are stored more readily in body tissues.

How would you improve the nutritional quality and vitamin A content of a typical fast-food meal?

You would order salad with cheese and carrots

There has been an increase recently in new cases of rickets in children in the U.S. and the main cause is increased physical activity in organized sports?

False, the main reasons are: safety concerns prevent outdoors playing for some children, use of sun screen lotions that block vitamin D synthesis on skin, and parents substituting soy milk because of concerns about contaminants in cow’s milk.

A person who takes antibiotics for several weeks because of a severe bacterial infection may develop what deficiency?

Vitamin K

What is the best source of fluid for us to drink?

Plain drinking water

Soft water has high concentrations of calcium and magnesium?

False, hard water has high levels of calcium and magnesium

The food and drug administration is in charge of ensuring that public water systems meet minimum standards for protection of public health?

False, The environmental protection agency

Fluoride amounts in bottled water can be described as?

Unpredictable

Phosphorous is the most abundant mineral in the body?

False, Calcium.

A significant amount (over half) of the body's magnesium is stored in the?

Bones

The symptoms of iron deficiency include?

Chewing ice, exhaustion, concentration problems

The principal and positively charged ion inside body cells is?

Potassium

The principal food source of chloride?

Salt

For thyroxine to be synthesized, what must be presented?

Iodine

About this deck

By: Erin Jennings
Textbook:

Nutrition: Concepts and Controversies
Created: 2010-12-17
Size: 24 flashcards
Views: 31

About StudyBlue

“I have used this website for three exams, and I see a huge difference in my test results.”
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