WGU NUTRITION D440 NEWEST VERSION 2024-2025
ACTUAL QUESTION AND CORRECT DETAILED VERIFIED
ANSWERS FROM VERIFIED SOURCES BY EXPERT RATED A
GRADE.
What two work together? - ANSWER-Calcium and vitamin D
Calcium deficiency can cause what? - ANSWER-Rickets, osteoporosis,
chvostek's sign, trousseau's sign
Foods high in calcium - ANSWER-Milk and milk products, orange juice,
salmon, sardines, soybeans, tofu, collard greens, beets, kale, broccoli,
cream of wheat
Food sources of phosphorous - ANSWER-High protein food like milk,
yogurt, cheese, eggs, meat, and fish
High sodium= - ANSWER-Low potassium
Avoid what while increasing sodium? - ANSWER-k+ foods
,Food sources of potassium - ANSWER-Bananas, oranges, dried prunes,
sweet potatoes, spinach, avocado, raisins, milk, yogurt, beans, clams,
halibut and kidney beans
Food sources of magnesium - ANSWER-Nuts, soybeans, legumes, whole
grains, cocoa, spinach, oats
Low Sodium (Hyponatremia) is seen in patients with - ANSWER-Kidney
disease, adrenal crisis, heart failure, diuretics
Foods high in sodium - ANSWER-Processed foods, fast food, junk,
packaged food, and dressing and condiments
What increases iron absorption? - ANSWER-Vitamin C
Sources of iron - ANSWER-Liver, pork, chicken, beef, enriched grains,
dark green leafy veg, oysters, soybeans, tofu, molasses
Food sources for folate vitamin B9 - ANSWER-Asparagus, edamame,
spinach, orange juice, chicken and turkey liver, chickpeas, garbanzo
beans, legumes, YOGURT, ready to eat Quaker cereals
Iodine deficiencies are - ANSWER-Goiter, cretinism, and hypothyroidism
, Sources of iodine - ANSWER-Seafood, seaweed, shellfish and table salt
Food sources of zinc - ANSWER-Seafood, lobsters, oysters, crabs, meat,
yogurt, soybeans, legumes, whole grains
Vitamin A is for - ANSWER-Apricots and orange foods. It is retinol for
vision
Food sources of vitamin a - ANSWER-Fish oil, carrots, kale, spinach,
sweet potatoes, yams, pumpkins, melons, apricots, liver, egg yolks, and
butter, cream, milk
Vitamin K is for - ANSWER-KALE
Vitamin k deficiency is - ANSWER-Severe malabsorption disorders like
crohns
Sources of vitamin K - ANSWER-Spinach, kale, collard greens, turnips,
mustard greens and beets
Vitamin C is - ANSWER-SCURVY AND CITRUS FRUITS
Vitamin c increases - ANSWER-Iron absorption