DHN 101 Exam 3 Questions With Correct
Answers
Gabe's elderly neighbor told him that when he was growing up, the milkman
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would deliver glass bottles of milk to his family's doorstep. He wonders why milk
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is not available in glass bottles anymore. Gabe explains to him that light destroys
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certain water-soluble vitamins in milk and milk is now stored in opaque
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containers to help preserve the B vitamin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-riboflavin
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Side effects of vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Niacin --> Skin flushing
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Vitamin A --> birth defects | | | | |
Vitamin C --> diarrhea and GI tract discomfort
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Folic acid --> can mask vitamin B-12 deficiency
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Vitamin A containing foods from lowest to highest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beef
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liver, pumpkin, cooked carrots, milk
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What function do many B vitamins serve in the production of energy? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-the function as co-enzymes | | |
The only source of retinoids, also called ______, is also found in animal foods like
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fish and organ meat. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-performed vitamin A
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,Plants contain pigments called ______ that can be turned into vitamin A in the
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body if needed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carotenoids
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These pigments are also called provitamin A; the most potent form of provitamin
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A is ______, the orange-yellow pigment in carrots and other orange and yellow
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vegetables and fruits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beta-carotene
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Other provitamin A carotenoids include zeaxanthin and _____, two important
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components of the macula that help eye health. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lutein
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Matching vitamins with food sources - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-E: plant oils
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D: fortified milk
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K: dark green leafy vegs
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C: citrus fruits
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Vitamin supplements are sometimes used by the general public for therapeutic
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purposes. Of the following medicinal uses of vitamins, which vitamin
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supplement/health outcome is the only one proven in scientific research to be | | | | | | | | | | | |
beneficial? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nicotinic acid ( a form of niacin) for lowering
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LDL and increasing HDL levels
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Performed vitamin A carotenoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-liver, fish oils, fortified
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milk, eggs, fortified margarine
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Provitamin A carotenoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carrots, spinach, winter
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squash, sweet potatoes, mangoes
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, Gabe's grandfather has a history of heart disease and is on anticoagulant drug
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therapy. His prescription drugs include Coumadin (warfarin). What dietary
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precaution should his grandfather be taking? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-avoid any
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large increases in dark green, leafy vegetable intake because vitamin K can reduce
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|effectiveness of anticoagulants and promote blood cells | | | | | |
Vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene is a fat-soluble pro-vitamin found
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primarily in dark orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. Fat is required to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
transport fat-soluble nutrients, but most fruits and vegetables that are good
| | | | | | | | | | |
sources of this fat-soluble pro-vitamin are low in fat or fat-free. How can you
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enhance the body's absorption of fat-soluble pro-vitamins when preparing low-fat
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foods rich in these vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-you can add olive oil or
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margarine to vegetables after they are cooked | | | | | |
A food product that contains fat has the potential for spoilage when that fat
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becomes oxidized and rancid. The germ in the whole wheat kernel contributes fat
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|to whole wheat bread products. If a bread's ingredient list contains whole wheat
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flour, water, yeast, sugar, and BHT, which ingredient is serving as the antioxidant
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intended to extend the bread's shelf life? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-BHT
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In order to be classified as a vitamin, a compound must meet a number of criteria
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|to be an essential nutrient. Check all that apply: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
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body can't synthesize enough of the compound to maintain health and absence
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of the compound from the diet for a defined period produces deficiency
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symptoms that, if caught in time, are quickly cured when the substance is
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resupplied
Matching vitamins with their roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A: vision
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Answers
Gabe's elderly neighbor told him that when he was growing up, the milkman
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
would deliver glass bottles of milk to his family's doorstep. He wonders why milk
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
is not available in glass bottles anymore. Gabe explains to him that light destroys
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
certain water-soluble vitamins in milk and milk is now stored in opaque
| | | | | | | | | | | |
containers to help preserve the B vitamin - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-riboflavin
| | | | | | | | |
Side effects of vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Niacin --> Skin flushing
| | | | | | | | | |
Vitamin A --> birth defects | | | | |
Vitamin C --> diarrhea and GI tract discomfort
| | | | | | | |
Folic acid --> can mask vitamin B-12 deficiency
| | | | | | |
Vitamin A containing foods from lowest to highest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beef
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liver, pumpkin, cooked carrots, milk
| | | |
What function do many B vitamins serve in the production of energy? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-the function as co-enzymes | | |
The only source of retinoids, also called ______, is also found in animal foods like
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
fish and organ meat. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-performed vitamin A
| | | | | | | |
,Plants contain pigments called ______ that can be turned into vitamin A in the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
body if needed. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carotenoids
| | | | |
These pigments are also called provitamin A; the most potent form of provitamin
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
A is ______, the orange-yellow pigment in carrots and other orange and yellow
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
vegetables and fruits - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-beta-carotene
| | | | |
Other provitamin A carotenoids include zeaxanthin and _____, two important
| | | | | | | | | |
components of the macula that help eye health. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-lutein
| | | | | | | | | |
Matching vitamins with food sources - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-E: plant oils
| | | | | | | | | |
D: fortified milk
| | |
K: dark green leafy vegs
| | | |
C: citrus fruits
| |
Vitamin supplements are sometimes used by the general public for therapeutic
| | | | | | | | | | |
purposes. Of the following medicinal uses of vitamins, which vitamin
| | | | | | | | | |
supplement/health outcome is the only one proven in scientific research to be | | | | | | | | | | | |
beneficial? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-nicotinic acid ( a form of niacin) for lowering
| | | | | | | | | | | |
LDL and increasing HDL levels
| | | |
Performed vitamin A carotenoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-liver, fish oils, fortified
| | | | | | | | | |
milk, eggs, fortified margarine
| | |
Provitamin A carotenoids - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-carrots, spinach, winter
| | | | | | | |
squash, sweet potatoes, mangoes
| | |
, Gabe's grandfather has a history of heart disease and is on anticoagulant drug
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
therapy. His prescription drugs include Coumadin (warfarin). What dietary
| | | | | | | | |
precaution should his grandfather be taking? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-avoid any
| | | | | | | | | |
large increases in dark green, leafy vegetable intake because vitamin K can reduce
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|effectiveness of anticoagulants and promote blood cells | | | | | |
Vitamin A in the form of beta-carotene is a fat-soluble pro-vitamin found
| | | | | | | | | | | |
primarily in dark orange and yellow fruits and vegetables. Fat is required to
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
transport fat-soluble nutrients, but most fruits and vegetables that are good
| | | | | | | | | | |
sources of this fat-soluble pro-vitamin are low in fat or fat-free. How can you
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
enhance the body's absorption of fat-soluble pro-vitamins when preparing low-fat
| | | | | | | | |
foods rich in these vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-you can add olive oil or
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
margarine to vegetables after they are cooked | | | | | |
A food product that contains fat has the potential for spoilage when that fat
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
becomes oxidized and rancid. The germ in the whole wheat kernel contributes fat
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|to whole wheat bread products. If a bread's ingredient list contains whole wheat
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
flour, water, yeast, sugar, and BHT, which ingredient is serving as the antioxidant
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
intended to extend the bread's shelf life? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-BHT
| | | | | | | | |
In order to be classified as a vitamin, a compound must meet a number of criteria
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|to be an essential nutrient. Check all that apply: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the
| | | | | | | | | | | |
body can't synthesize enough of the compound to maintain health and absence
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of the compound from the diet for a defined period produces deficiency
| | | | | | | | | | | |
symptoms that, if caught in time, are quickly cured when the substance is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
resupplied
Matching vitamins with their roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A: vision
| | | | | | | | |
