In which of the following conditions is vitamin A supplementation a requirement for treatment?
a. Asthma
b. Acute respiratory distress syndrome
c. Lung transplant
d. Cystic fibrosis
d
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A scientist adds 5 mcg of the mineral cadmium to the daily diet of 100 4-week-old laboratory mice. After twelve weeks, the researcher weighs and takes blood samples from each mouse. According to her findings, the mice lost weight during the 12-week period and they have abnormal levels of certain hormones in their blood. Based on this information and your knowledge of scientific research, what would you tell the researcher about her findings?
A. The findings need to be summarized in a research article for submission to a peer-reviewed nutrition journal. B. She needs to conduct more tests on the animals' blood, because her findings are incomplete. C. The findings are not meaningful or valid because of the way she designed her study. D. Her results are very interesting and she should report her findings to nutrition scientists, so they can repeat her study and confirm the results.
Over time as the heart is unable to deliver oxygen to the tissues, the condition of _____ develops
a. congestive heart failure b. high blood pressure c. cardiac arrhythmia
Which of the following vitamins can be toxic and increase the risk of birth defects, especially when taken during the first trimester?
A. vitamin A B. vitamin C C. vitamin K D. vitamin D
Which class of bioactive food components has the ability to get into the nucleus of cells and bind to DNA to influence gene expression?
A) ?lipophilic, small-molecular-weight molecules B) ?glycoproteins C) ?phospholipids D) ?water-soluble vitamins