A4M EVALUATION TEST ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔T or F: Low T3 is predictive of AF post CABG - ✔✔T
✔✔Symptoms of cataract - ✔✔Altered color vision (cannot see that clothes
are mismatched or hair is not the usual color)
Feeling of looking through a clouded piece of
glass
Increased sensitivity to glare from the sun or
headlights
Increasingly blurred vision
Need for brighter illumination
Double vision when looking out of only one
eye
Difficulty seeing in the dark
Vision that is brighter in one eye than in the
other
✔✔Risk factors for cataracts - ✔✔- UV radiation
- Diabetes
- Topical or systemic steroid drugs
- Smoking
- Poor nutrition
✔✔T or F: After the age of 40, the production of
glutathione by your body diminishes. - ✔✔T
✔✔Nutrients that have been shown to effectively
protect the eye against cataract formation: - ✔✔- Carnosine
- Glutathione
- Taurine
- Cysteine
- Vitamins C, A, E (antioxidants)
, - Vitamin B2
✔✔T or F: Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness after the age of 55
and affects more people
than cataracts and glaucoma combined - ✔✔T
✔✔Which type of MD is more common (dry or wet?) - ✔✔Dry is more common,
affecting 85-90% of people with MD; wet type is more damaging and causes the
majority of severe disease
✔✔Risk factors for MD - ✔✔Over the age of 55
Have blue, green, or hazel eyes
Frequently exposed to sunlight without
sunglasses
Smoker
Postmenopausal woman
✔✔Risk factors for simple or chronic open-angle glaucoma - ✔✔Clogged arteries
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Smoking
Alcohol excess
African ancestry
History of severe anemia or shock
✔✔Symptoms of macular degeneration - ✔✔Normally straight objects appear bent or
wavy.
A dark, blank or blurry spot appears in the
center of your vision.
When you cover up one eye, what you're
looking at changes size or color.
✔✔How can macular degeneration be prevented? - ✔✔Diet rich in antioxidants and
carotenoids. Vegetables rich in lutein and Zeaxanthin include kale, spinach, parsley,
celery and green peas, brussel sprouts, pumpkin
✔✔Vitamin that may help prevent MD progression from dry to wet - ✔✔Vitamin C; helps
prevent broken blood vessels and new blood vessel growth over the macula
✔✔Treatment for dry eyes - ✔✔Eye drops with carnosine and antioxidants
✔✔Supplements to aid mitochondrial function - ✔✔niacin (B3), riboflavin
(B2), pantothenic acid (B5),
magnesium
• Carnitine
SET A+
✔✔T or F: Low T3 is predictive of AF post CABG - ✔✔T
✔✔Symptoms of cataract - ✔✔Altered color vision (cannot see that clothes
are mismatched or hair is not the usual color)
Feeling of looking through a clouded piece of
glass
Increased sensitivity to glare from the sun or
headlights
Increasingly blurred vision
Need for brighter illumination
Double vision when looking out of only one
eye
Difficulty seeing in the dark
Vision that is brighter in one eye than in the
other
✔✔Risk factors for cataracts - ✔✔- UV radiation
- Diabetes
- Topical or systemic steroid drugs
- Smoking
- Poor nutrition
✔✔T or F: After the age of 40, the production of
glutathione by your body diminishes. - ✔✔T
✔✔Nutrients that have been shown to effectively
protect the eye against cataract formation: - ✔✔- Carnosine
- Glutathione
- Taurine
- Cysteine
- Vitamins C, A, E (antioxidants)
, - Vitamin B2
✔✔T or F: Macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness after the age of 55
and affects more people
than cataracts and glaucoma combined - ✔✔T
✔✔Which type of MD is more common (dry or wet?) - ✔✔Dry is more common,
affecting 85-90% of people with MD; wet type is more damaging and causes the
majority of severe disease
✔✔Risk factors for MD - ✔✔Over the age of 55
Have blue, green, or hazel eyes
Frequently exposed to sunlight without
sunglasses
Smoker
Postmenopausal woman
✔✔Risk factors for simple or chronic open-angle glaucoma - ✔✔Clogged arteries
High blood pressure
Diabetes
Smoking
Alcohol excess
African ancestry
History of severe anemia or shock
✔✔Symptoms of macular degeneration - ✔✔Normally straight objects appear bent or
wavy.
A dark, blank or blurry spot appears in the
center of your vision.
When you cover up one eye, what you're
looking at changes size or color.
✔✔How can macular degeneration be prevented? - ✔✔Diet rich in antioxidants and
carotenoids. Vegetables rich in lutein and Zeaxanthin include kale, spinach, parsley,
celery and green peas, brussel sprouts, pumpkin
✔✔Vitamin that may help prevent MD progression from dry to wet - ✔✔Vitamin C; helps
prevent broken blood vessels and new blood vessel growth over the macula
✔✔Treatment for dry eyes - ✔✔Eye drops with carnosine and antioxidants
✔✔Supplements to aid mitochondrial function - ✔✔niacin (B3), riboflavin
(B2), pantothenic acid (B5),
magnesium
• Carnitine
