Card 341
Question
What are three symptoms of vit A toxicity?
Answer
Fatigue, vomiting, abdominal pain, headache, joint or bone pain, loss of appetite, blurred vision, liver damage
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Card 342
Question
Prostaglandins are chemical regulators derived from what?
Answer
Fatty acids.
Card 343
Question
Which food component is used to accurately determine digestibility? Lipid, amino acid, fiber
Answer
Fiber
Card 344
Question
What are good sources of Vitamin D?
Answer
Fish oil, liver,dairy products, eggs
Card 345
Question
What vitamin is responsible for the prevention of certain kinds of anemias, is involved in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and is synthesized by microorganisms?
Answer
Folacin (or folate/folic acid)
Card 346
Question
What 2 vitamins are required for cell division?
Answer
Folacin and B12 (cobalamin)
Card 347
Question
A high intake of which vitamin can mask a vitamin B12 deficiency?
Answer
Folate
Card 348
Question
Deficiency of what vitamin is associated with neural tube defects?
Answer
Folate (B9)
Card 349
Question
Which vitamin helps prevent neural tube defects during pregnancy?
Answer
Folate (Vitamin B9)
Card 350
Question
folic acid; B9 deficiency causes?
Answer
Folate Deficiency Anemia
Card 351
Question
What is the difference between folate and folic acid?
Answer
Folate is a naturally occuring B vitamin. Folic acid is the synthetic form of this vitamin.
Card 352
Question
Vitamin B9 is chemically known as?
Answer
Folic acid
Card 353
Question
Name the two B vitamins involved with cell division.
Answer
Folic acid and cobalamine
Card 354
Question
What does FNS stand for?
Answer
Food and Nutrition Service
Card 355
Question
What is the main difference between a food intolerance and a food allergy?
Answer
Food intolerance deals with the digestive system and food allergy with the immune system
Card 356
Question
What are designer foods?
Answer
Foods fortified with health promoting ingredients
Card 357
Question
What is the definition of a functional food?
Answer
Foods that provide health benefits beyond their nutrient contributions
Card 358
Question
What are the major antibodies present in the primary and secondary antibody responses?
Answer
For primary response that is IgM and for secondary response that is IgG
Card 359
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What is the term that describes food where an ingredient, such as a vitamin or mineral, has been added for dietary purposes only?
Answer
Fortified
Card 360
Question
What term refers to very low Coronary heart diseases despite a diet high in solid fat?
Answer
French paradox
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