NTP EXAM Questions and Answers
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Epigenetics - ✔✔the study of how our environment and behaviors can
influence how, where, and when a gene is switched on/off
Nutritional Therapy - ✔✔an approach to wellness that focuses on using
nutrition and lifestyle choices to optimize health
The Foundations of Health - ✔✔At the root of both health and disease:
Nutrient Dense Diet
Sleep
Stress
Digestion
Blood Sugar Regulation
innate wisdom - ✔✔internal force that drives us to survive and thrive;
communication from the body about what it needs or doesn't need
three sisters farming - ✔✔Native American method of planting corn, beans,
and squash together
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,bio-individuality - ✔✔every person is unique & has specific nutritional
needs to function at their best; multiple factors shape this
how did the colonists' arrival impact the traditional food system? - ✔✔-
natives displaced from their land & disconnected from their traditional food
systems
- colonists not equipped/motivated to grow food — many starved
- brought domesticated animals and Old World seeds
- cattle and pigs destroyed indigenous plants and soil
- cash crops (for profit) meant that agriculture became a path to profit rather
than nourishment
how did enslaved peoples impact the food system? - ✔✔- kept their food
tradition as alive
- brought foods and traditions from their homelands
- influenced regional cuisines (still endure today)
what were the impacts of industrialization & urbanization? - ✔✔- longer
work hours that no longer followed pattern of the sun
- quick breakfasts
- packaged/purchased lunches
- dinner main meal of day
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,- increased dependence on convenience foods
- hunger cues no longer honored
DDT - ✔✔an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans;
bioaccumulates and is hard to break down and excrete
chlorpyrifos - ✔✔an organophosphate insecticide commonly used in
agriculture; evidence that it causes neurodevelopmental issues in children;
banned in 2022 but can still be used for non-food applications
aldicarb - ✔✔pesticide used on crops; possible teratogen; can cause
respiratory problems, nausea, headaches
what are modern animal husbandry practices like? - ✔✔- animals don't get
access to pastures and their preferred foods
- indoors
- crowded spaces
- unsanitary conditions
- fed corn (abundant and cheap)
- become sick due to unnatural food sources and then need antibiotics
- all of this lowers the meat quality
modern food trend - ✔✔- reliance on external sources to discern what food
choices are best
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, - disconnected from innate wisdom
- energy-dense, nutrient poor foods
- low-fat, low-carb
- belief that a reduction of a food component is the path to health
- physiological & psychological relationships with food have been damaged
hyper-palatable foods - ✔✔foods designed to maximize rewarding
properties during consumption; lots of sugar and fat; contain palatability-
inducing combinations not found in nature
what are some things that can affect gene expression? - ✔✔- diet
- age
- stress
- toxins
- smoking
- environment
- lifestyle
Impacts of Industrial Revolution - ✔✔- ppl moved to cities -> further away
from where foods are grown (need for preservatives)
- longer workdays -> ignore huger cues
- more sedentary/less physical labor
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©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
100% Solved | Graded A+
Epigenetics - ✔✔the study of how our environment and behaviors can
influence how, where, and when a gene is switched on/off
Nutritional Therapy - ✔✔an approach to wellness that focuses on using
nutrition and lifestyle choices to optimize health
The Foundations of Health - ✔✔At the root of both health and disease:
Nutrient Dense Diet
Sleep
Stress
Digestion
Blood Sugar Regulation
innate wisdom - ✔✔internal force that drives us to survive and thrive;
communication from the body about what it needs or doesn't need
three sisters farming - ✔✔Native American method of planting corn, beans,
and squash together
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,bio-individuality - ✔✔every person is unique & has specific nutritional
needs to function at their best; multiple factors shape this
how did the colonists' arrival impact the traditional food system? - ✔✔-
natives displaced from their land & disconnected from their traditional food
systems
- colonists not equipped/motivated to grow food — many starved
- brought domesticated animals and Old World seeds
- cattle and pigs destroyed indigenous plants and soil
- cash crops (for profit) meant that agriculture became a path to profit rather
than nourishment
how did enslaved peoples impact the food system? - ✔✔- kept their food
tradition as alive
- brought foods and traditions from their homelands
- influenced regional cuisines (still endure today)
what were the impacts of industrialization & urbanization? - ✔✔- longer
work hours that no longer followed pattern of the sun
- quick breakfasts
- packaged/purchased lunches
- dinner main meal of day
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,- increased dependence on convenience foods
- hunger cues no longer honored
DDT - ✔✔an insecticide that is also toxic to animals and humans;
bioaccumulates and is hard to break down and excrete
chlorpyrifos - ✔✔an organophosphate insecticide commonly used in
agriculture; evidence that it causes neurodevelopmental issues in children;
banned in 2022 but can still be used for non-food applications
aldicarb - ✔✔pesticide used on crops; possible teratogen; can cause
respiratory problems, nausea, headaches
what are modern animal husbandry practices like? - ✔✔- animals don't get
access to pastures and their preferred foods
- indoors
- crowded spaces
- unsanitary conditions
- fed corn (abundant and cheap)
- become sick due to unnatural food sources and then need antibiotics
- all of this lowers the meat quality
modern food trend - ✔✔- reliance on external sources to discern what food
choices are best
3
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, - disconnected from innate wisdom
- energy-dense, nutrient poor foods
- low-fat, low-carb
- belief that a reduction of a food component is the path to health
- physiological & psychological relationships with food have been damaged
hyper-palatable foods - ✔✔foods designed to maximize rewarding
properties during consumption; lots of sugar and fat; contain palatability-
inducing combinations not found in nature
what are some things that can affect gene expression? - ✔✔- diet
- age
- stress
- toxins
- smoking
- environment
- lifestyle
Impacts of Industrial Revolution - ✔✔- ppl moved to cities -> further away
from where foods are grown (need for preservatives)
- longer workdays -> ignore huger cues
- more sedentary/less physical labor
4
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
