Nearly all cases of illness due to excessive intake of vitamins result from the overuse of vitamin supplements
1.True
2.False
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Every morning, Sarah stops at a convenience store to buy a 20-ounce bottle of a regular soft drink to consume before and during her early classes. Around noon, she drinks a sugar-sweetened tea that she purchased from a vending machine on campus. After she read news about the possible negative health effects of added sugars, she became concerned about her consumption of sugar-sweetened foods and beverages. She decides to follow the recommendations of the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans regarding added sugar intakes. Sarah usually consumes about 1800 kcal/day. Based on this information, she should limit her added sugar intake to less than ________ kcal/day.
A. 144 B. 90 C. 180 D. 216
Folic acid, if consumed prior to and during the first several weeks of pregnancy, can help reduce the risk of _____
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An RD uses a __________ to easily capture an individual's consumption patterns over time.
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Why is it particularly important for a pregnant woman to obtain all of the essential nutrients (or have adequate stores of them) during the critical periods of embryonic/fetal development?