HEED 3301 EXAM 2 (UTA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

HEED 3301 EXAM 2 (UTA UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Question:
1. vitamins
Answer:
- essential nutrients needed in small quantities for the proper functioning of the body
- body cannot synthesize them
- need in adequate amount ( too much or to little can have negative effects on health and sport
performance)
- Athletes may have increased needs that can be achieved by increased diet intake

Question:
2. exercise
Answer:
doesn't require increased vitamin needs (athlete may have increased needs)

Question:
3. Solubility and Physiological function
Answer:
classification of vitamins

Question:
4. vitamin solubility
Answer:
Fat or water

Question:
5. vitamin physiological function
Answer:
-energy metabolism
-red blood cell formation
-association with antioxidant functions
-growth and development

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6. Fat soluble vitamins
Answer:
Vitamin A, D, E, K

Question:
7. Fat soluble

,Answer:
-absorbed slowly and transport in the blood requires a carrier
-stored in the liver cells and adipose cells
-each has a recommended daily intake or RDI
-more likely to be toxic at high doses

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8. water soluble vitamins
Answer:
B complex vitamins ( B1 thiamin, B2 riboflavin, B3 niacin, pantothenic acid, biotin, folate/folic acid, B6,
B12, and Vitamin C)

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9. water soluble
Answer:
-easily absorbed and transported in the blood with out the need for a carrier
-no designated storage site ( tissues can become saturated with vitamins and if over saturated, excess is
excreted via urine)
-less likely to be toxic at high doses
-saturation/ excretion system works exceptionally well and no toxicity symptoms have been reported for
vitamins including: B1, B2, pantothenic acid, and biotin

Question:
10. Dietary reference intakes
Answer:
DRI

Question:
11. DRI
Answer:
nutrient recommendations for healthy, moderately active people

Question:
12. Recommended dietary allowance
Answer:
RDA

Question:
13. RDA
Answer:
average daily dietary intake level that is sufficient to meet the nutrient requirement of nearly all ( about
98%) healthy individuals (how much is enough?)

Question:
14. adequate intake
Answer:
AI

,Question:
15. AI
Answer:
a value based on observed or experimentally determined approximations, used when an RDA cannot be
determined

Question:
16. estimated average requirment
Answer:
EAR

Question:
17. EAR
Answer:
a value used to approximate the nutrient needs of half of the healthy people in a group

Question:
18. upper limit
Answer:
UL

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19. UL
Answer:
the highest amount of a nutrient that most individuals can consume without adverse effects ( how much is
too much?)

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20. Vitamin A names
Answer:
Animal sources: retinol, retinoic, and retinoic acid plant sources: beta- carotene ( precursor to...)

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21. Vit. A physiological Functions
Answer:
overall health of cells and membranes ( proper vision, reproduction, bone and tooth development, immune
system), beta-carotene is an antioxidant

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22. Hypovitaminosis A
Answer:
Vitamin A deficiency

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23. Vit. A deficiency symptoms

, Answer:
night blindness,permanent blindness, more frequent and severe infections, lack of growth, inability to
reproduction

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24. Toxcity symptoms of Vit. A
Answer:
blurred vision, lack of growth, birth defects, hemorrhaging, liver failure and can be fatal

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25. hypervitaminosis A (from animal products)
Answer:
Toxicity disease of vit A

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26. Vit A food sources
Answer:
animal: liver, fish oil, milk, milk fortified products plant: dark-green leafy veggies (spinach), orange fruits
and veggies (carrots, cantaloupe, tomatoes)

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27. Excess beta-carotene supplements
Answer:
associated with pro-oxidant not antioxidant functions, may promote tumor growth in smokers. the
yellowing of the skin that occurs is thought to be harmless but is indicative of a high level of intake

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28. Vitamin D names
Answer:
calciferol, cholecalciferol

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29. vit D Physiological function
Answer:
Regulates bone mineralization

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30. Rickets, Osteomalacia
Answer:
Vit D deficiency disease

Question:
31. symptoms of Vit. D deficiency
Answer:
bowing of the legs, demineralization of the bone, joint pain, muscle spasms