answers graded A+
Essential Nutrient: - correct answer ✔✔cannot be synthesized in the body
must be supplied in food
prevents specific deficiency diseases
DRI - correct answer ✔✔dietary reference intake
RDA - correct answer ✔✔recommended dietary allowances
note: can change
UL - correct answer ✔✔upper levels
EAR - correct answer ✔✔estimate average intake (for a population)
AI - correct answer ✔✔Adequate Intake
(based on observed or experimental intake)
Dietary Reference Intake - correct answer ✔✔standards for recommended nutrient intake
Nursing Process - correct answer ✔✔Assessment
Nursing Diagnosis
Planning
Implementation
Evaluation
, enriched food - correct answer ✔✔nutrients that were lost during food processing are added back
fortified food - correct answer ✔✔nutrients that were never there are added to the food
Calories/gram of CARBOHYDRATES - correct answer ✔✔4
Calories/gram of PROTEIN - correct answer ✔✔4
Calories/gram of FAT - correct answer ✔✔9
Calories/gram of ALCOHOL - correct answer ✔✔7
Fat will ______ your gastric emptying - correct answer ✔✔delay
When is a food NUTRIENT DENSE? - correct answer ✔✔if it contains a significant amount of nutrients for
the least amount of calories
Bioavailability - correct answer ✔✔proportion of a drug or nutrient that reaches the systematic
circulation unchanged
What type of Vitamin is a Retinoid? - correct answer ✔✔Vitamin A
Function of retinol - correct answer ✔✔spermatogenesis
function of beta-carotene - correct answer ✔✔antioxidant
Function of retinoldehyde - correct answer ✔✔used for dark adaptation
function of retinoic acid - correct answer ✔✔epithelial cell function