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WGU NUTRITION D440 | COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% accurate solutions)| ALREADY
GRADED A+
What two work together? ......ANSWER......Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what? ......ANSWER......Rickets,
osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium ......ANSWER......Milk and milk products, orange
juice, salmon, sardines, soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale,
broccoli, cream of wheat
Food sources of phosphorous ......ANSWER......High protein food like
milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish
High sodium= ......ANSWER......Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium? ......ANSWER......k+ foods
Food sources of potassium ......ANSWER......Bananas, oranges, dried
prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach, avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans,
clams, halibut and kidney beans
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Food sources of magnesium ......ANSWER......Nuts, soybeans, legumes,
whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
......ANSWER......Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium ......ANSWER......Processed foods, fast food, junk,
packaged food, and dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption? ......ANSWER......Vitamin C
Sources of iron ......ANSWER......Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched
grains, dark green leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9 ......ANSWER......Asparagus,
edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas,
garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are ......ANSWER......Goiter, cretinism, and
hypothyroidism
Sources of iodine ......ANSWER......Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table
salt
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Food sources of zinc ......ANSWER......Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs,
meat, yogurt, soybeans, legumes, whole grains
Vitamin A is for ......ANSWER......Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol
for vision
Food sources of vitamin a ......ANSWER......Fish oil, carrots, kale,
spinach, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg
yolks, and butter, cream, milk
Vitamin K is for ......ANSWER......KALE
Vitamin k deficiency is ......ANSWER......Severe malabsorption disorders
like crohns
Sources of vitamin K ......ANSWER......Spinach, kale, collard greens,
turnips, mustard greens and beets
Vitamin C is ......ANSWER......SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS
Vitamin c increases ......ANSWER......Iron absorption
WGU NUTRITION D440 | COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS (100% accurate solutions)| ALREADY
GRADED A+
What two work together? ......ANSWER......Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what? ......ANSWER......Rickets,
osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium ......ANSWER......Milk and milk products, orange
juice, salmon, sardines, soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale,
broccoli, cream of wheat
Food sources of phosphorous ......ANSWER......High protein food like
milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish
High sodium= ......ANSWER......Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium? ......ANSWER......k+ foods
Food sources of potassium ......ANSWER......Bananas, oranges, dried
prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach, avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans,
clams, halibut and kidney beans
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Food sources of magnesium ......ANSWER......Nuts, soybeans, legumes,
whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with
......ANSWER......Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium ......ANSWER......Processed foods, fast food, junk,
packaged food, and dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption? ......ANSWER......Vitamin C
Sources of iron ......ANSWER......Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched
grains, dark green leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9 ......ANSWER......Asparagus,
edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas,
garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are ......ANSWER......Goiter, cretinism, and
hypothyroidism
Sources of iodine ......ANSWER......Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table
salt
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Food sources of zinc ......ANSWER......Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs,
meat, yogurt, soybeans, legumes, whole grains
Vitamin A is for ......ANSWER......Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol
for vision
Food sources of vitamin a ......ANSWER......Fish oil, carrots, kale,
spinach, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg
yolks, and butter, cream, milk
Vitamin K is for ......ANSWER......KALE
Vitamin k deficiency is ......ANSWER......Severe malabsorption disorders
like crohns
Sources of vitamin K ......ANSWER......Spinach, kale, collard greens,
turnips, mustard greens and beets
Vitamin C is ......ANSWER......SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS
Vitamin c increases ......ANSWER......Iron absorption
