Card 181
Question
What is the peritoneum?
Answer
A hollow space near the stomach
Nutrition
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Card 182
Question
What is Favism?
Answer
a metabolic disorder arising from the consumption of fava beans. Sufferers develop a type of anemia due to a lack of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
Card 183
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What is food intolerance?
Answer
a person has difficulty digesting a particular food.
Card 184
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The INQ or "index of nutritional quality" for a nutrient in a food is ...
Answer
a ratio between the amount of nutrient in food/calorie and the human need or allowance for that nutrient/calorie
Card 185
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What are chylomicrons and what do they do?
Answer
A type of lipoprotein that delivers triacylglycerol to cells in the body
Card 186
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What is a functional food?
Answer
a typical food that has had specific nutrients added to it.
Card 187
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What is the retinol equivalent?
Answer
a unit used for quantifying the vitamin A value of sources of vitamin A, includingboth preformed retinoids in animal foods and precursor carotenoids in plantfoods. RE is defined as 3.3 International Units of vitamin A. 1 retinol equivalent = 6 μg β-carotene or 1 μg retinol.
Card 188
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What is a "Zen Macrobiotic Diet?"
Answer
A vegetarian diet that places great emphasis on grains and avoidance of fluids, a cure-all diet
Card 189
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What are the four fat-soluble vitamins?
Answer
A, D, E, K
Card 190
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What is the thermic effect of an 800-kcalorie meal?
Answer
About 80 kcalories
Card 191
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On average, about what % of dietary vitamin C is obtained from fruits and vegetables?
Answer
about 90%
Card 192
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What does ADI stand for?
Answer
Acceptable Daily Intake
Card 193
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What compound can be smelled on a person's breath during ketosis?
Answer
Acetone
Card 194
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What may happen in the lower aesophagal sphincter if not closed tight enough after eating?
Answer
Acid reflux
Card 195
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Protein deficiency can lead to buildup of fluids around organs. This outcome is primarily due to insufficient amount of which protein?
Answer
Albumin
Card 196
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Plasmalogens are a unique group of phospholipids that occur in small amounts in muscle tissue and milk. The 1 position of glycerol is linked to a 16 or 18 carbon what functional group?
Answer
Aldehyde
Card 197
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Which of the following foods should a sulfite-sensitive individual avoid? wine, frozen hash brown potatoes, fruit cocktail with maraschino cherries, sauerkraut
Answer
All
Card 198
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What is 'margarine disease' (AKA Planta Disease)?
Answer
Allergic reaction to the emulsifier 'ME18', which is added to margarine to keep fat from spattering during frying.
Card 199
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In the islet of Langerhans, there are alpha and beta cells, which produce two different hormones. Which cells produce which hormones?
Answer
Alpha cells produce glucagon and beta cells produce insulin
Card 200
Question
What does ADAF stand for?
Answer
American Dietetic Association Foundation
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