While conducting a nutritional history, a client tells the nurse that she follows a macrobiotic diet. Characteristics of a macrobiotic diet include eating:
a. white rice as a staple.
b. foods indigenous to the area in which the person lives.
c. processed and treated foods.
d. dairy products and eggs.
ANS: B
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