Mr. Smith is 63 years old with Alzheimer's disease. He has an order for a feeding tube because he refuses to eat and is becoming malnourished. Which of the following feeding tubes would be a good choice?
a. Nasogastric b. Nasoduodenal
c. Gastrostomy d. Transnasal
c
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a. VLDL lipase b. LDL receptor proteins c. SFA receptor proteins d. MUFA transferase
_____ is a rare but fatal disease caused by a genetic mutation or exposure to prions during surgery
A) Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease B) Addison's disease C) Alzheimer's disease D) Chagas disease
Bob is committed to losing weight but knows little about nutrition. He has heard his friends discussing types of fat, such as saturated and unsaturated, but has no idea what the terms mean or how they relate to his health and diet. He also has read that the most important improvement a person can make in his or her diet is to eat less cholesterol. Let's answer these questions and help Bob
understand this topic better. If Bob wants to lower his blood cholesterol, which of the following would be bad advice? a. You should lower your intake of trans fats only, not of other types of fat. b. Lowering your saturated fat intake may be more important than reducing dietary cholesterol. c. Eat more plant sources of fats to lower total blood cholesterol and LDL-cholesterol. d. Eat more high-soluble fiber foods such as legumes. e. All of these are good suggestions.