Which B vitamin is especially important for women of childbearing age to prevent neural tube defects?

a. vitamin B6
b. biotin
c. folate
d. vitamin B12
e. thiamin


c

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A) 15 to 45 B) 45 to 60 C) 60 to 75 D) greater than 75

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All of the following describe purging EXCEPT:

a. self-induced vomiting. b. the use of diuretics to prevent weight gain. c. the use of laxatives to prevent weight gain. d. the consumption of nonfood substances.

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Oral antidiabetic agents work in all of the following ways except:

a. stimulating the pancreas to produce insulin. b. inhibiting liver production of glucose. c. delaying carbohydrate digestion and absorption. d. stimulating the pancreas to produce glucagon.

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