NUTRITION 400 EXAM 3 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Water Soluble Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER - Are organic, essential, needed more
often, and not very toxic
What vitamins are water soluble vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin C and the Bs
What vitamins act as coenzymes in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER - B vitamins
What do coenzymes do? - CORRECT ANSWER - activated enzymes and help our body
get energy from carbohydrate proteins
Thiamin - B1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Berberi, Wenike, Korsakoff
Food Sources: Pork, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to heat, H2O, and oxidation
Riboflavin - B2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Ariboflavinois
Food sources: Milk, liver, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to sunlight
Niacin - B3 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Pellagra (3-Ds)
Food sources: Meats, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Heat stable
, What drug is related to Wernike-Korsakoff syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER - alcohol
abuse
High quality (complete) proteins are found in what food sources? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dairy foods
Folate - CORRECT ANSWER - Functions: help form DNA, metabolis amino acids, and
the formation of neurotransmitters.
Food sources: leafy greens, avocado, beans, oj
Enriched: yes
Activated by B12: yes
Unstable in cooking
Deficiency: mild: headache, nausea.
severe: impaired absorption
Macrocytic Anemia - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by Folate or B12 (a lack of either
prevents red blood cells from maturing)
Neural tube defects - CORRECT ANSWER - deficiency in folate
Vitamin B12 - CORRECT ANSWER - Functions: formation of blood, folate metabolism,
homocysteine metabolism, maintains myelin sheaths.
Food sources: mostly animal products
Deficiency: lack of HCl = atrophic gastritis. lack of intrinsic factor = pernicious anemia
Vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER - *water soluble antioxidant (prevents free radical
damage)
food source: fruits, veges, brussel sprouts, beans
Functions: antioxidant activity, immune function, iron absorption, collagen synthesis
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Water Soluble Vitamins - CORRECT ANSWER - Are organic, essential, needed more
often, and not very toxic
What vitamins are water soluble vitamins? - CORRECT ANSWER - Vitamin C and the Bs
What vitamins act as coenzymes in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER - B vitamins
What do coenzymes do? - CORRECT ANSWER - activated enzymes and help our body
get energy from carbohydrate proteins
Thiamin - B1 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Berberi, Wenike, Korsakoff
Food Sources: Pork, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to heat, H2O, and oxidation
Riboflavin - B2 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Ariboflavinois
Food sources: Milk, liver, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Vulnerable to sunlight
Niacin - B3 - CORRECT ANSWER - Function: Energy metabolism
Deficiency: Pellagra (3-Ds)
Food sources: Meats, whole & enriched grains
Stability: Heat stable
, What drug is related to Wernike-Korsakoff syndrome? - CORRECT ANSWER - alcohol
abuse
High quality (complete) proteins are found in what food sources? - CORRECT
ANSWER - Dairy foods
Folate - CORRECT ANSWER - Functions: help form DNA, metabolis amino acids, and
the formation of neurotransmitters.
Food sources: leafy greens, avocado, beans, oj
Enriched: yes
Activated by B12: yes
Unstable in cooking
Deficiency: mild: headache, nausea.
severe: impaired absorption
Macrocytic Anemia - CORRECT ANSWER - caused by Folate or B12 (a lack of either
prevents red blood cells from maturing)
Neural tube defects - CORRECT ANSWER - deficiency in folate
Vitamin B12 - CORRECT ANSWER - Functions: formation of blood, folate metabolism,
homocysteine metabolism, maintains myelin sheaths.
Food sources: mostly animal products
Deficiency: lack of HCl = atrophic gastritis. lack of intrinsic factor = pernicious anemia
Vitamin C - CORRECT ANSWER - *water soluble antioxidant (prevents free radical
damage)
food source: fruits, veges, brussel sprouts, beans
Functions: antioxidant activity, immune function, iron absorption, collagen synthesis
