List factors that may affect an individual's vitamin needs.
What will be an ideal response?
Answers will vary. A decreased intake of vitamins may occur because of an inadequate diet resulting from cultural, religious, or personal practices, fad diets, alcoholism, poverty, or lack of available food. In the United States, avitaminosis most likely results from alcoholism or fad diets. Hypovitaminosis related to inadequate food accessibility is more of a problem than many realize.
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a. "Your prescriber wants you to lose fluids and that's why you are taking two diuretics." b. "Each of these diuretics works in a different way to decrease workload on your heart." c. "Using two diuretics will double the amount of fluid you lose to decrease the work your heart must do." d. "Let me contact your prescriber because patients usually do not take two diuretics at the same time."
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A) Emphysema B) Tuberculosis C) Cor pulmonale D) Pneumonia
Which mineral allows red blood cells to carry oxygen?
a. Sodium b. Iron c. Calcium d. Potassium