UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION - EXAM 4 Questions With 100% Verified Answers
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Understanding Nutrition
UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION - EXAM
4 Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Which of the following vitamins is stored primarily in muscle tissue?
A. Biotin
B. Folate
C. Vitamin B6
D. Pantothenic Acid - answerC. Vitamin B6
What vitamin deficiency disease appeared in people who had subsisted on a di...
UNDERSTANDING NUTRITION - EXAM
4 Questions With 100% Verified Answers
Which of the following vitamins is stored primarily in muscle tissue?
A. Biotin
B. Folate
C. Vitamin B6
D. Pantothenic Acid - answer✔C. Vitamin B6
What vitamin deficiency disease appeared in people who had subsisted on a diet high in corn and
low in protein?
A. Scurvy
B. Pellagra
C. Wet beriberi
D. Pernicious Anemia - answer✔B. Pellagra
Which of the following is a characteristic of thiamin nutrition?
A. The coenzyme contains pyrosulfate
B. It is required for regeneration of sulfate
C. It is required for regeneration of niacin
D. It is an integral part of the native cell membrane - answer✔D. It is an integral part of the
nerve cell membrane
Which of the following is a property of vitamin B12?
A. It is efficiently recycled by the body
B. It is necessary for protection from pinpoint hemorrhages
C. It requires attachmen to fatty acids for transport in the circulation
D. It is absorbed from the stomach with the aid of a special binding protein - answer✔A. It is
efficiently recycled by the body
While researching your southern family history, you find that your grandmother had a sister who
died fairly young. The symptoms leading up to her death included diarrhea, dermatitis, and
dementia. Because the family led a poor, corn-farming existence, you suspect this relative died
of
A. Scurvy
B. Cancer
C. Pellagra
D. Beriberi - answer✔C. Pellagra
Moderate intakes of which of the following would provide sufficient amounts of vitamin C?
A. Potatoes
B. Brown Rice
C. Low-fat milk
D. Whole-wheat bread - answer✔Potatoes
Which of the following is known to significantly affect the body's folate status?
A. Sedentary Lifestyle
B. Some anticancer drugs
C. Excess protein intake
D. Insufficient fiber intake - answer✔C.Excess protein intake - NOT CORRECT
People who smoke require additional vitamin C in the amount of
A. 5 mg
B. 35 mg
C. 100 mg
D. 200 mg - answer✔B. 35 mg
When the diet contains an adequate amount of protein, what amino acid can be used by the body
to synthesize niacin?
A. Lysine
B. Valine
C. Tryptophan
D. Phenylaline - answer✔C. Tryptophan
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