Card 241
Question
What deficiency disease is associated w/the consumption of a diet high in polished rice?
Answer
Beriberi (thiamin, or B1 deficiency)
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Card 242
Question
Vitamin B1 Deficiency can cause which two diseases?
Answer
Beriberi, Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
Card 243
Question
Plants contain no vitamin A but contain its precursor called what?
Answer
Beta Carotene
Card 244
Question
Which is the most bioavailable precursor to vitamin A?
Answer
beta carotene
Card 245
Question
What is the difference in metabolism between β- and α-carotene?
Answer
Beta yields two molecules of vitamin A, whereas alpha only yields one molecule
Card 246
Question
Give an example of a probiotic bacterium.
Answer
Bifidobacterium bifidum, Lactobacillus acidophilus, or Lactobacillus casei
Card 247
Question
Fat digestion in the body requires which compounds secreted by gall bladder?
Answer
Bile salts
Card 248
Question
Vitamin B7 is chemically known as?
Answer
Biotin
Card 249
Question
What vitamin is prevented from being absorbed by raw egg white?
Answer
Biotin
Card 250
Question
Which vitamin acts as a coenzyme in carboxylation reactions?
Answer
Biotin
Card 251
Question
Which vitamin functions as a coenzyme in carboxylation reactions?
Answer
Biotin.
Card 252
Question
Excess vitamin A is a concern for pregnant women because it causes?
Answer
Birth defects
Card 253
Question
Deficiency of Vit K, phylloquinone and menaquinone, causes?
Answer
Bleeding diathesis
Card 254
Question
What is the best way for diabetics to prepare sweet potatoes?
Answer
Boiling or steaming
Card 255
Question
What are the chief deficiencies of Calcium and Phosphorus?
Answer
Bone and Teeth Disease
Card 256
Question
What are 3 functions of phosphorus in the human body?
Answer
bone deposition, membrane components, atp
Card 257
Question
What is the term for noises made by fluid and gas movement in the intestines?
Answer
Borborygmus
Card 258
Question
Cells that can use glucose without the presence of insulin are?
Answer
Brain cells
Card 259
Question
What is the purpose of catabolic processes?
Answer
Break down complex compounds to release energy
Card 260
Question
Lysine, an essential amino acid is commercially produced by which genus of bacterium for use as a food additive?
Answer
Brevibacterium
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