An essential amino acid ____
a. is not necessary to the diet
b. must be supplied by the diet
c. can be made from glucose in the body
d. can be made from fat in the body
e. must come from a supplement
b
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Which of the following best characterizes the response to years of a high salt diet
a. The blood pressure changes are progressive and irreversible. b. For most individuals, there is little evidence that excess salt can increase blood pressure. c. Medication is typically needed to reverse the increases in blood pressure typically seen with high salt diets. d. Changing to a very low salt diet can typically reverse the changes in blood pressure. e. The blood pressure changes last only until the kidneys have filtered out the excess sodium.
Which of the following is not associated with the regular consumption of sugary beverages?
a. It is easy to overconsume kcal b. It correlates with being overweight c. The fructose stimulates excessive release of insulin, which suppresses appetite d. Substitution of one can of regular soda with water every day could result in a weight loss of one pound per month
Cook with Cholelithiasis: Marcia Brown is a 42-year-old Pima Indian who works as a cook in a casino in Arizona. She has just been diagnosed with cholelithiasis. She is 5'4" tall and once weighed 210 pounds. One year ago, she underwent gastric bypass
surgery and has lost 75 pounds. For several months, she had been experiencing episodes of pain in the right upper part of her abdomen. The pain usually began after eating and lasted for several hours. Lately she began to experience nausea and vomiting with the pain and began to run a fever. What is the cause of the pain associated with cholelithiasis?
Which of these foods would be digested most quickly?
a. sugar cookies b. peanut butter sandwich and milk c. stew and cornbread d. hamburger, french fries, and milkshake