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What two work together? - -Calcium and vitamin D What Calcium deficiency can cause ? - -Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign Foods high in calcium - -Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines, soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of wheat Food sources of phosphorous - -High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish High sodium= - -Low potassium Avoid what while increasing sodium? - -k+ foods Food sources of potassium - -Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes, spinach, avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney beans Food sources of magnesium - -Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach, oats Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with - -Kidney disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics Foods high in sodium - -Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and dressing and condiments What increases iron absorption? - -Vitamin C Sources of iron - -Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses Food sources for folate vitamin B9 - -Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat Quaker cereals WGU D440 WGU D440 WGU D440 Iodine deficiencies are - -Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism Sources of iodine - -Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt Food sources of zinc - -Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat, yogurt, soybeans, legumes, whole grains Vitamin A is for - -Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for vision Food sources of vitamin a - -Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg yolks, and butter, cream, milk Vitamin K is for - -KALE Vitamin k deficiency is - -Severe malabsorption disorders like crohns Sources of vitamin K - -Spinach, kale, collard greens, turnips, mustard greens and beets Vitamin C is - -SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS Vitamin c increases - -Iron absorption Vitamin c sources - -Citrus fruits, oranges, tomatoes, kiwis, berries, lemons, pineapple, broccoli, yellow and green vegetables, PEPPERS Vitamin B1 thiamine food sources - -Bread, flour, cereal, rice, pasta, beans and legumes, hams, pork loin, nuts, yeast Vitamin B3 niacin who is at risk - -Vegans, alcoholics, pts with crohns disease Sources of vitamin b3 niacin - -Cows milk, yogurt, beef liver, almond, soybeans and grains Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) sources - -beef liver, chicken, fish, peanuts, tuna, wheats, total whole grain cereal, kelloggs cereal A mechanical soft diet is for - -Patients who lack teeth Dysphagia - -Pts who have difficulty chewing and swallowing. Have risk for nutrient deficiencies also GERD (low fat diet) - -Low fat, eat small frequent meals, drink mostly between meals, sit upright when eating as this is acid reflux. Peptic ulcer disease (low fat diet) - -LOW fat, AVOID chocolate, DO NOT eat large quantities of food, avoid eating before bed WGU D440 Cystic fibrosis (HIGH FAT, salt therapy) - -Include 3 meals and 2-3 snacks per day, HIGH FAT foods, high salt therapy, nutrient and pancreatic enzyme replacement as needed IBD diet - -LOW fat, LOW fiber, HIGH protein Crohn's disease diet - -Low fat, high protein, low fiber UC diet - -Low fat, low fiber and high protein Diarrhea diet - -Avoid fiber, increased fluid intake, and probiotic is Constipation diet - -Increase fiber and fluid intake Refeeding syndrome diet - -High carbs, can cause sudden drop in phosphate levels Dumping syndrome diet - -Decrease carbs, increase protein and fat Celiac disease diet - -AVOID gluten, oats, malt. Do high protein, high carbs and low fat Liver disease diet - -Increase protein, high calorie, eat 4-6 small meals per dsy Hepatic encephalopathy diet - -Low protein, low fat, and high carbs Fatty liver disease diet - -Low fat, restrict fluids and no alcohol Chronic hepatitis diet - -Low fat, high k calories, restrict fluids Pancreatitis diet - -high protein, low fat Acute pancreatitis diet - -NPO nothing By mouth Chronic pancreatitis diet - -Low fat and high protein Cholecystitis and cholelithiasis diet - -Low fat and small frequent meals Gall bladder surgery diet - -Low fat diet Diverticular disease diet - -High fiber, NO NUTS OR SEEDS, avoid popcorns, berries, etc. low fat diet is good Wasting syndrome AIDS diet - -Offer small meals and portions, administer antiemetics for N/V Hyperthyroidism diet - -Low iodine, high protein and calorie, low fiber WGU D440 WGU D440 WGU D440 Addison's disease diet - -Increased salt, glucocorticoid RX Pressure injuries wounds diet - -Diet high in vitamin c so citrus fruits, tomatoes, bell pepper, papaya. And protein and zinc increase also Enteral feedings + diarrhea diet - -Administer pre/probiotics, use continuous feedings instead of bolus, formulas low in fat is needed Cancer diet - -High protein and calorie, encourage to eat every two hours small meals, add butter oils or condiments to meals for higher calories Osteoporosis diet - -Increase calcium and vitamin d Respiratory conditions diet - -High protein, iron and vitamin C Gout and kidney stone diet - -Low purine diet, low sodium, increased water, and limit vitamin C. Foods high in purine - -Shellfish, shrimp, lobster, organ meats, liver, anchovies, herring, mackerel, sardines, scallops, wild game, goose, sweet bread Acute kidney injury diet - -Limit protein, low potassium Glomerulonephritis diet - -Sodium restriction, decreased protein and fluids, and increase carbs Where does glomerulonephritis come from? - -Untreated strep throat High cholesterol/cardiac diet - -Increase soluble fiber, eat fish twice a week, limit red meat Cardiac diet (HTN, HF, and CAD) - -Sodium restricted, cholesterol controlled so low, restrict sodium High in cholesterol foods - -Shrimp, eel, sardines, egg yolk Low in cholesterol foods - -Mackerel, salmon, trout, and scallops High fiber fruits - -Apples, raspberries, prunes Vitamin D food sources - -Fatty fish, milk, soy milk, sunligh

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WGU D440



WGU D440 NUTRITION
COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY
GRADED A+
What two work together? - -Calcium and vitamin D

What Calcium deficiency can cause ? - -Rickets, osteoporosis, chvostek's sign,
trousseau's sign

Foods high in calcium - -Milk and milk products, orange juice, salmon, sardines,
soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli, cream of wheat

Food sources of phosphorous - -High protein food like milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat,
and fish

High sodium= - -Low potassium

Avoid what while increasing sodium? - -k+ foods

Food sources of potassium - -Bananas, oranges, dried prunes, sweet potatoes,
spinach, avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams, halibut and kidney beans

Food sources of magnesium - -Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole grains, cocoa, spinach,
oats

Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with - -Kidney disease, adrenal crisis,
heart failure, diuretics

Foods high in sodium - -Processed foods, fast food, junk, packaged food, and dressing
and condiments

What increases iron absorption? - -Vitamin C

Sources of iron - -Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains, dark green leafy veg,
oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses

Food sources for folate vitamin B9 - -Asparagus, edamame, spinach, orange juice,
chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas, garbanzo beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat
Quaker cereals

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Iodine deficiencies are - -Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism

Sources of iodine - -Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt

Food sources of zinc - -Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat, yogurt, soybeans,
legumes, whole grains

Vitamin A is for - -Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for vision

Food sources of vitamin a - -Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach, sweet potatoes, yams,
pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg yolks, and butter, cream, milk

Vitamin K is for - -KALE

Vitamin k deficiency is - -Severe malabsorption disorders like crohns

Sources of vitamin K - -Spinach, kale, collard greens, turnips, mustard greens and beets

Vitamin C is - -SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS

Vitamin c increases - -Iron absorption

Vitamin c sources - -Citrus fruits, oranges, tomatoes, kiwis, berries, lemons, pineapple,
broccoli, yellow and green vegetables, PEPPERS

Vitamin B1 thiamine food sources - -Bread, flour, cereal, rice, pasta, beans and
legumes, hams, pork loin, nuts, yeast

Vitamin B3 niacin who is at risk - -Vegans, alcoholics, pts with crohns disease

Sources of vitamin b3 niacin - -Cows milk, yogurt, beef liver, almond, soybeans and
grains

Vitamin B12 (cobalamin) sources - -beef liver, chicken, fish, peanuts, tuna, wheats, total
whole grain cereal, kelloggs cereal

A mechanical soft diet is for - -Patients who lack teeth

Dysphagia - -Pts who have difficulty chewing and swallowing. Have risk for nutrient
deficiencies also

GERD (low fat diet) - -Low fat, eat small frequent meals, drink mostly between meals, sit
upright when eating as this is acid reflux.

Peptic ulcer disease (low fat diet) - -LOW fat, AVOID chocolate, DO NOT eat large
quantities of food, avoid eating before bed
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