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Sympto ll CSNN 2024 Exam Practice
Questions and Answers
May be the underlying cause of many unexplained symptoms and diseases? All disease begins in the ? -
Ans:✔✔--the main function of the Digestive system
-Colon
What is Nutritional Symptomatology?? - Ans:✔✔-The study of symptoms and the way they relate to
nutrition.
What are the three properties of natural nutrients?? - Ans:✔✔-Live = still contains enzymes
Natural = unprocessed and unrefined
good quality = organic, rich in essential nutrients.
What does LAF stand for? - Ans:✔✔-Lifestyle assessment forms
What does NSP stand for? - Ans:✔✔-Nutri-System Profile = to uncover nutritonal deficiencies or
imbalances that may be connected with their main health concern (not diagnosis)
Our main focus is always ??? - Ans:✔✔-the clients main concern
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What are pediatric forms used for?? - Ans:✔✔-use for children age 12 and under, use in conjunction with
other forms.
What are you looking for when asked to notice physical observations? - Ans:✔✔-the skin, hair, nails,
tongue and nails. look for colour, tone, elasticity, dryness, oily, sensitivity, nervous ticks, cant sit still,
What are the subquestionnaires used for? - Ans:✔✔-it provides additional information on areas of the
greatest imbalances for a particular system.
Under active stomach is often due to what?? - Ans:✔✔-Low HCL levels
animal protein rish diet, dairy products, refined foods, drinking to much water with meals, improper
food combining and chewing. Stress, age and regular use of antacids will cause what imbalance? -
Ans:✔✔-underactive stomach
Explain under active stomach heartburn? - Ans:✔✔-If one does not produce enough HCL, the stomach
has to work harder to mix the food with digestive enzymes and HCL. The harder it works, the more gases
produced. These gases are then pushed up into the esophageal area mimicking heartburn.
What can you use to increase HCL? - Ans:✔✔-apple cider vinegar
Smaller meals more often, avoid dairy, heavy meats, alcohol, do not drink with meals, chew food well,
avoid stress at meals, practice food combining are recommendations for what imbalance? - Ans:✔✔-
under active stomach
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What are the effects of an under active stomach? - Ans:✔✔-Impaired colon function, poor absorption of
Ca, Fe, Zn and protein, and allergies. The PH doesn't register peristalsis in the duodenum.
What foods go together for good food combining for under active stomach? - Ans:✔✔-Protein with
vegetables
grains with vegetables
fruit alone
Supplements used for underactive stomach? - Ans:✔✔-Digestive enzymes, with HCL or Bile, apple cider
vinegar, aloe vera juice, probiotics.
Low fiber, Alcohol and tobacco, caffeine and sugar, nitrates, spices, food allergies and stress, regular use
of antacids or aspirin(is absorbed in the stomach) are all causes of imbalances of what ? - Ans:✔✔-
overavtive stomach
Recommendations for overactive stomach? - Ans:✔✔-aloe vera, cabbage juice, slippery elm and
marshmallow root to soothe mucous. turmeric with whole milk is anti inflammatory, smaller more
frequent meals, liquid or enteric coated supplements only no tablets.
Indicator of over active stomach? - Ans:✔✔-heartburn felt 40-60 mins after a meal and is quickly
relieved by an antacid.
What is the body's largest gland? - Ans:✔✔-liver
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