Q&A 2026 STUDY GUIDE WITH VERIFIED
SOLUTIONS
◉ Water soluble vitamins Answer: B vitamins and vitamin C. Can be
flushed out in the urine stream if they are in moderate excess
◉ Ergogenic Aids (anabolic steroids) Answer: Aims to improve
athletic performance
◉ Nootropic supplements Answer: Aims to improve cognition
◉ Galactagogue supplements Answer: Aims to improve breastmilk
production
◉ Supplements warning Answer: Can interact with medicine and
make the medicine's effect too strong. This can cause a life-
threatening event
◉ Beriberi Answer: Thiamine deficiency. Causes numbness to hands
and feet, muscular weakness, and advancing paralysis.
, ◉ Iodine deficiency Answer: Causes brain damage, intellectual
impairment, goiter
◉ Vitamin A deficiency Answer: Causes night blindness
◉ Rickets Answer: Vitamin D deficiency. Causes bone deformity
◉ Calcium supplements Answer: Reduces risk of osteoporosis
◉ Vitamin K Answer: Helps blood clot. Should be avoided while on
warfarin (Coumadin)
◉ Nutrients that may be deficient in a vegetarian diet Answer: Iron
Vitamin D
Protein
Calcium (in a bio-available form)
◉ Food insecurity Answer: A limited ability to acquire nutritionally
adequate foods in socially acceptable ways
◉ Contributing factors to global hunger Answer: Food waste and
overpopulation