Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

clin nutriion

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
What is nutritionism   show
🗑
show -nutrients matter more than food -need expert help -purpose of eating promotes narrow concept of health  
🗑
show An unhealthy obsession about healthy eating habits  
🗑
Significance of the 1977 Dietary Goals for US   show
🗑
show -addictive-empty calorie reactive hypoglycemia -fructose damages the liver -acid forming  
🗑
What is parking lot science   show
🗑
What is zero sum relationship   show
🗑
show Collects stats and trends in nutrition and patters, causes, and effects of health and disease in defined populations  
🗑
show Specific type of experiment to test effectiveness of various types of intervention in a patient population, randomly allocated to receive one or another treatment of study  
🗑
show -people lie, and cant accurately recall diet over 24 hours  
🗑
show -very confusing, people only have 24 hour diet recall  
🗑
4 shifts in food relationships that have occurred in the Western Diet   show
🗑
show passed on by parents, government, food industry  
🗑
show What we should be eating based on studies - whole foods vs refined -complex vs simplicity -leaves vs seeds  
🗑
Pollans suggestion to move beyond nutritionism   show
🗑
show -used for absorption and transport -similar to lipids -require bile salts -transport involves chylomicrons -stored in body lipids -fat malabsorption conditions  
🗑
show -absorption into portal blood -limited storage in the body except B12 -only stored by binding to enzymes and transport proteins -excreted in urine when plasma levels exceed renal thresholds  
🗑
show Vitamin C Vitamin B-complex  
🗑
B-complex vitamins function   show
🗑
show Fish, milk, kale, spinach, eggs, fortified cereal  
🗑
show you don't have enough of the vitamin but there are NO symptoms  
🗑
show You don't have enough of the vitamin and are showing manifestations  
🗑
show Everyone is different and needs different things  
🗑
What is RDA and what are problems with its measurement of nutritional status   show
🗑
show -Vitamin D -Vitamin A -Vitamin K DAKE -Vitamin E  
🗑
Major Function of Vitamin A   show
🗑
show -Vision problems: night blindness, bitots spots, xerothalmia(dry eyes), corneal scarring -Anorexia -Retarded growth -susceptibility to infections -enlargement of hair follicles, keratinization of skin  
🗑
show 1 mcg= 3.33 IU so take whatever the mcg amount is and times it by 3.33  
🗑
What is vitamin A beta-carotene   show
🗑
What is preformed Vitamin A   show
🗑
show 3000 mcg (10,000 IU)  
🗑
show -cancer prevention( in animals and cell cultures, human inconclusive) -infectious diseases -skin(acne), scalp, and hair disorders -Gynecologic disorders  
🗑
show >7500 mcg (25,000 IU)  
🗑
show Smokers  
🗑
show Parathyroid glands sense serum calcium is low and increase PTH secretion. This goes to the kidney which secretes calcitriol into the small intestine which absorbs more Vit. D  
🗑
show -rickets(failure of bones to mineralize) -Osteomalacia(adults) -muscle weakness and pain  
🗑
Vitamin D long-latency deficiency symptoms   show
🗑
Risk factors for vitamin D deficiency   show
🗑
What is the tolerable upper intake level for vit D in adults   show
🗑
show -osteoporosis -maintain adequate calcium intake -help with autoimmune disease: MS, RA, IDDM -Cancer prevention: inhibits cell proliferation -hypertension  
🗑
show serum 25(OH)D  
🗑
Value that signifies Vit D deficiency   show
🗑
show <30 ng/ml (<75 nmol/L)  
🗑
show it could be toxic in some people who don't need that high of dosage  
🗑
show Hypercalcemia  
🗑
show -tocopherols -tocotrienols - alpha tocopherol is the only form in humans  
🗑
Vit. E deficiency symptoms   show
🗑
Risk factors for vitamin E deficiency   show
🗑
show 1000 mg  
🗑
What is the difference between d-a-tocopherol and dl-a-tocopherol   show
🗑
show -cardiovascular disease -cataracts -immune function -dementia -diabetes -cancer  
🗑
Symptoms for vit. E toxicity   show
🗑
show -anticoagulant drugs -statins + antioxidants -diabetics  
🗑
show -phylloquinone (K1) found in plants -menaquinone (K2) synthesized from bacteria - Menadione (K3) is synthetic form used in animal feed, can form MK-4  
🗑
show -blood coagulation: essential cofactor in coagulation cascade, balances the 2 opposing sides- clot formation and breakdown -Vit K cycle: recycles vit K-liver -Cell growth and regulation: Gas6 is vit K dependent protein -bone mineralization  
🗑
show -Osteo calcin: sythesized by osteoblasts, regulated by vit D -Matrix GIa protein(MGP): found in bone, cartilage, blood vessels, prevents calcification of soft tissue, cartilage, and bv -Protein S: synthesized by osteoblasts, role is unclear  
🗑
How does warfarin affect vit. K   show
🗑
show -prolonged bleeding, easy bruising -impaired bone mineralization and/or remodeling  
🗑
show -ubiquitous in foods -active vit K cycle - activity of colonic bacteria  
🗑
Who is susceptible to vit K deficiency bleeding and what is the treatment   show
🗑
show none recommended, 120 mcg male and 90 mcg females  
🗑
show -vascular calcification: aortic calcifications associated w/ lower vit K1 intake -hemorrhagic disease of newborns (HDN)  
🗑
What is the effect of various forms of vit. K on osteoporosis   show
🗑
show -tired, weakness, tachycardia, easy bruising, photophobia, fissure tongue, sore throat  
🗑
Vitamin B1 (Thyamin) functions   show
🗑
show -Beri-beri: dry-nerves, wet-heart, cerebral-brain  
🗑
show Pregant, breast feeding, alcoholics, athletes  
🗑
Upper limit of Vit. B1   show
🗑
show -cataract prevention -cancer -alzheimers  
🗑
show -redox reactions(antioxidant reactions) -ETC -drug metabolism  
🗑
show -the enzyme glutathione reductase needs FAD to recycle glutathione -FAD is a flavo-coenzyme that requires B2 -you need B2 to get FAD, and FAD to recycle glutathione  
🗑
show NONE  
🗑
show Nuclear urine (bright urine)  
🗑
show 400mg/day for 3 months -should reduce the frequency and number of headache days  
🗑
Types of Vit. B3 (Niacin)   show
🗑
show -cellular metabolism for over 200+ enzymes -help form NAD and NADH -DNA repair, cellular signaling, and blood sugar regulation  
🗑
Deficiency of Niacin (B3)   show
🗑
show -NAD can be synthesized from tryptophan  
🗑
Tolerable Upper intake of Vit. B3 (Niacin)   show
🗑
Therapeutic applications of Vit. B3 (Niacin)   show
🗑
show -nicotinic acid only!! -3g/day for 6 years increased HDL levels, decreased lipoprotein A, increased bouyant LDL, and decreased mortality/morbidity  
🗑
show pyridoxal-5-phosphate  
🗑
show -transamination -nervous system functions -gluconeogenesis -steroid hormone inhibition  
🗑
show 100 mg -prevents sensory neuropathy  
🗑
show -birth control side effects -PMS -morning sickness  
🗑
Role of Pyridoxine in the Homocystine Metabolism   show
🗑
Potential Toxicity of Pyridoxine (B6)   show
🗑
show -Folic acid: synthetic but stable and in all supplements -Folate: in leafy raw veggies, not as stable and not as effective  
🗑
show -one carbon metabolism: methylation -cell growth -nucleic acid and amino acid synthesis**  
🗑
Role of Folic Acid in Homocystine Metabolism   show
🗑
show Pregnant, active, alcoholics  
🗑
Symptoms of Folic Acid (B9) deficiency   show
🗑
show 1000 mcg  
🗑
show depending on genetics, you might have a different type of enzyme  
🗑
What is the role of folic acid in disease prevention   show
🗑
Toxicity of Folic Acid   show
🗑
How is Cobalamin (B12) different from the other B vitamins   show
🗑
Functions of Cobalamin (B12)   show
🗑
show -surgical resection -vegans -alcoholics  
🗑
show intrinsic factor attaches onto B12 in the small intestine and gets absorbed by the ilium  
🗑
Characteristic symptoms of deficiency of Cobalamin (B12)   show
🗑
show NONE  
🗑
show -decreased risk of heart disease -breast cancer -neural tube defects  
🗑
Therapeutic applications of Cobalamin (B12)   show
🗑
Functions of Pantothenic Acid (B5)   show
🗑
show NONE  
🗑
show -helps with wound healing -helps with high cholesterol  
🗑
Functions of Biotin (B7)   show
🗑
Symptoms of B7 (Biotin) deficiency   show
🗑
Upper Tolerable limit of Biotin (B7)   show
🗑
show -birth defects -diabetes -brittle nails -hair loss  
🗑
Functions of Vit. C   show
🗑
show -scurvy -sand paper skin -impaired wound healing  
🗑
show 2000mg  
🗑
Disease prevention of Vit. C   show
🗑
Therapeutic applications of Vit. C   show
🗑
show -only occurs in really high doses -genetic mutations, birth defects, cancer, kidney stones, loose stools  
🗑
show -loss of gastric acid secretion -menopause -magnesium deficiency -magnesium excess  
🗑
show 2000mg  
🗑
Ca RDA of adullts 51-70 years old   show
🗑
Function of Calcium   show
🗑
show -osteoporosis -muscle cramping and spasm -increased irritability of nerve cells  
🗑
show -oseoporosis -HTN -Colon Cancer  
🗑
Toxicity of Calcium   show
🗑
Dietary components that interfere with calcium   show
🗑
show -energy -synthesis of nucleic acids and glutathione -cell signaling -structural function -ion transport across cell membrane -wound healing  
🗑
UL Magnesium   show
🗑
show male >31 420mg female > 31 320mg  
🗑
Magnesium Deficiency symptoms   show
🗑
show -Cramping -spasm -asthma -diabetes  
🗑
Toxicity of Magnesium   show
🗑
Function of Potassium   show
🗑
show adults, male and female over 19 is 4700mg  
🗑
show unprocessed fruits and veggies  
🗑
show hypokalemia: fatigue, spasm/cramp, arrhthmias  
🗑
risk of becoming potassium deficient   show
🗑
show -HTN -Osteoporosis by maintaining Ca  
🗑
show -Tingling -Arrhythmias -Diuretics -BP pills -decrease aldosterone  
🗑
show Recommended= 4700 mg/day - avg male 3100mg -avg female 2300 mg  
🗑
Upper limit of sodium   show
🗑
show 5800mg  
🗑
Adults recommended amount of salt and sodium   show
🗑
show increased ECF volume  
🗑
show -membrane potential -maintain blood volume and pressure  
🗑
show -not due to decrease of intake -Hyponatremia: cerebral edema  
🗑
show -sodium loss(vomit, diarrhea) -excercise -sweating  
🗑
Therapeutics of Sodium   show
🗑
show -Hypernatremia: excess water loss+decrease water intake, possible kidney failure  
🗑
Average salt recommendation to average salt intake   show
🗑
show -diet high in fruits, veggies, whole grains, poultry, fish, nuts, and low fat dairy products substantially lower BP to SAD -higher in K and Ca-Na levels kept constant -effect of salt reduction was greater in control diet than DASH diet  
🗑
show 45mg  
🗑
show 11mg  
🗑
show Males- 8mg Females- 18mg Pregnancy- 27mg  
🗑
show -2/3 body iron is functional form -remainder stored in bone marrow and liver -powerful oxidant and potentially harmful -Copper increases iron absorption  
🗑
Function of Iron   show
🗑
Iron deficiency symptoms   show
🗑
show -fatigue -poor intellectual development -lead toxicity -restless legs  
🗑
Toxicity of Iron   show
🗑
Who is susceptible to iron deficiency   show
🗑
What is the most common deficiency in the US   show
🗑
show Vitamin C, Organic acids, meat, fish, poultry  
🗑
show phytic acid, polyphenols, soy protein  
🗑
show 40mg  
🗑
show Males 11mg Females 8mg  
🗑
show Catalytic role in 100+ enzymes -regulatory role -structural role  
🗑
show -zinc/copper imbalance -acrodermatitis enteropathica -impaired taste -poor wound healing  
🗑
Therapeutics of Zinc   show
🗑
Toxicity of Zinc   show
🗑
What is the most abundant intracellular trace element   show
🗑
show High Zinc interferes with copper bioavailability- 10 to 1 ratio  
🗑
Upper limit of Copper   show
🗑
show Males 900ug Females 900ug  
🗑
show -Energy -MAO -Melanin -Epinephrine synthesis -Superoxide dismutase  
🗑
Deficiency of Copper symptoms   show
🗑
show -immune function -osteoporosis  
🗑
Toxicity of Copper   show
🗑
show None  
🗑
show Males 35 ug Females 25 ug  
🗑
Deficiency of Chromium symptoms   show
🗑
show -impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes -diabetes -CVD  
🗑
Toxicity of Chromium   show
🗑
Difference between hexavalent chromium and trivalent chromium   show
🗑
show 1100 ug  
🗑
show males 150 ug females 150ug  
🗑
show -iodized salt -dried seaweed -potato with skin, baked if in iodine soil  
🗑
show thyroid hormone synthesis  
🗑
show -cretinism -hypothyroid -goiter -Fibrocystic breast condition  
🗑
Risk that can lead to Iodine deficiency   show
🗑
What happens in Iodine deficiency   show
🗑
what happens in iodine sufficiency   show
🗑
Therapeutics of iodine   show
🗑
Toxicity of Iodine   show
🗑
What is the most prevalent cause of preventable mental retardation in the world   show
🗑
What increases the risk of iodine deficiency   show
🗑
show 400ug  
🗑
Recommended amount of Selenium in adults 19 and up   show
🗑
show -selenium deficiency exacerbates iodine deficiency -selenium is required for T4 to T3 conversion  
🗑
Function of Selenium   show
🗑
Deficiency of Iodine can lead to   show
🗑
show -can help prevent cancer -CVD -Viral infection  
🗑
show -Brittle nails -GI problems -garlic breath  
🗑
show 10mg  
🗑
show infants .01mg male adults 4mg female adults 3mg  
🗑
Function of Fluoride   show
🗑
show increased susceptibility to dental caries  
🗑
Therapeutics of Fluoride   show
🗑
show -Dental fluorosis -Skeletal fluorosis -poising at 5mg/kg of bodyweight  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: trevpeters
Popular Chiropractic sets