Discuss four health benefits of a high-fiber diet

What will be an ideal response?


ANS: A high-fiber diet helps lower your risk of developing constipation, diverticulosis, obesity, heart disease, cancer, and diabetes mellitus.

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What kind of transplant rejection occurs in the bone marrow, but not in the heart or kidney transplants?

A. host-versus-host (HVH) B. host-versus-graft (HVG) C. second-set rejection D. graft-versus-host (GVH) E. graft-versus-graft (GVG)

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When goldenseal is used with anticoagulants, which side effect is the patient at risk for??

A) ?hypotension B) ?cardiac arrhythmias C) ?blood clots D) ?aortic aneurysm

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A patient on TPN for longer than _____ is at risk for "sludge" buildup in the gallbladder and gall stone formation

a. 2 weeks b. 3 weeks c. 4 weeks d. 5 weeks

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When planning meals using the exchange system, __________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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