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