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WGU NUTRITION D440 Questions and
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What two work together?
→ Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what?
→ Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium
→ Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines, soybeans, tofu, collard greens,
beets, kale, broccoli, cream of wheat
Food sources of phosphorous
→ High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish
High sodium=
→ Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium?
→ k+ foods
Food sources of potassium
→ Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach, avocado, raisins, milk,
yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney beans
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Food sources of magnesium
→ Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
→ Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium
→ Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption?
→ Vitamin C
Sources of iron
→ Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green leafy veg, oysters, soybeans,
tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9
→ Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas,
garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are
→ Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
Sources of iodine
→ Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
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Food sources of zinc
→ Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat, yogurt, soybeans, legumes, whole grains
Vitamin A is for
→ Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for vision
Food sources of vitamin a
→ Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver,
egg yolks, and butter, cream, milk
Vitamin K is for
→ KALE
Vitamin k deficiency is
→ Severe malabsorption disorders like crohns
Sources of vitamin K
→ Spinach, kale, collard greens, turnips, mustard greens and beets
Vitamin C is
→ SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS
Vitamin c increases
→ Iron absorption
Vitamin c sources
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