Nutrition

Question 1

This fruit has fat content of 20%, about 20 times the average of other fruits. It is used to make guacamole

Answer 1

Avocado

Question 2

What is the term that refers to a person’s inabilty to taste?

Answer 2

Ageusia

Question 3

Long-term antibiotic therapy can lead to a deficiency of what vitamin?

Answer 3

Vitamin K

Question 4

What is the disease caused by the inability to digest phenylalanine?

Answer 4

Phenylketonuria

Question 5

What health benefit is attributable to oat bran?

Answer 5

Lowers the level of serum cholesterol

Question 6

Name the essential amino acids for humans.

Answer 6

Phe, Val, Thr, Trp, Lle, Met, His, Leu, Lys

Question 7

what is the definition of essential amino acids?

Answer 7

amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet

Question 8

what is the amount of heat required to raise the temp of one gram of water one degree Celsius?

Answer 8

Calorie

Question 9

what is the unit commonly used in expressing energy values of foods?

Answer 9

Kilocalorie

Question 10

what are the fat-soluble vitamins?

Answer 10

A,D,E,K

Question 11

what are the 2 minerals that humans require the most?

Answer 11

Calcium & Phosphorus

Question 12

what are the chief deficiencies of Calcium and Phosphorus?

Answer 12

Bone and Teeth Disease

Question 13

what vitamin is formed in the skin of humans and animals by activation of sterols by UV light from the sun or by UV activation of sterols artificially?

Answer 13

Vitamin D

Question 14

Vitamin D increases _____and______from the intestinal tract and is necessary for their efficient utilization.

Answer 14

Calcium & Phosphorus

Question 15

what are good sources of Vitamin D?

Answer 15

Fish oil, liver,dairy products, eggs

Question 16

What vitamin is essential for normal blood clotting?

Answer 16

vitamin K

Question 17

what are the good sources of the Vitamin B complex?

Answer 17

yeast,liver,bran of cereal grains

Question 18

what is another name for Vitamin E?

Answer 18

Tocopherol

Question 19

What are good sources of Vitamin K?

Answer 19

green vegetables such as spinach and cabbage

Question 20

what is the disease caused by a deficiency of thiamin, and is common where polished rice is a major dietary item?

Answer 20

Beriberi

Question 21

What vitamin is a strong antioxidant and probably functions as such in human metabolism?

Answer 21

Vitamin E

Question 22

What common food preservative chemical destroys the vitamin activity and should not be used to preserve foods that are major sources of thiamin?

Answer 22

Sulfur Dioxide

Question 23

What is the sum of the processes involved in taking in food nutrients and assimilating and using them to maintain body tissue and provide nutrition; a foundation for life and health?

Answer 23

Nutrition

Question 24

what is a blood condition characterized by a decreased number of circulating RBCs, hemoglobin, or both?

Answer 24

Anemia

Question 25

what are the small protrusions from the surface of a membrane: finger-like projections covering mucosal surfaces of the small intestine?

Answer 25

Villi

Question 26

what is the class of compounds of low molecular weight that yield two or more amino acids on hydrolysis?

Answer 26

peptide

Question 27

what is the sum of all the various biochemical and physiologic processes by which the body grows and maintains itself (anabolism) and breaks down and reshapes tissue (catabolism)?

Answer 27

Metabolism