Nsc 170 Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

NSC 170c1 Exam 4 Study Guide Questions with Correct Answers When an Infant is ready for solid foods - Answer-Introduced around 6 months of age. Making sure the baby is ready for it but making sure the tongue-thrust reflex has faded; if the infant can control its own head and neck, and is able to sit up without support. Bioaccumulation of Pollutants & Food Contamination - Answer-The gradual build up over time of a chemical in a living organism. This occurs either because the chemical is tak...

NSC 170C Exam 3 Review Questions with Correct Answers High intake of this vitamin during pregnancy may cause specific birth defects. - Answer-vitamin A Major minerals assist with more vital processes in the body than do trace minerals. - Answer-False The three organs involved with the Vitamin D assisting in raising blood calcium levels are the following EXCEPT: - Answer-pancreas The main function of chromium is to increase the effectiveness of insulin with the insulin receptor. - Answ...

NSC 170C1 Exam 4 2024 Questions with Correct Answers Who develops and executes federal policies regarding the safety of farmed crops, meat, poultry, and egg products? - Answer-b and c Which was designed to try and improve food safety by giving the FDA more authority? - Answer-The Food and Safety Modernization Act The CDC tracks outbreaks and identifies causes of food infection and intoxication - Answer-True What do the letters GRAS stand for - Answer-Generally recognized as safe T...

NSC 170 Chapter 2 Pre-Test Exam Questions Correctly Answered. The ________ are U.S. dietary recommendations, which are used on food labels and for dietary planning and guidance. - CORRECT ANSWER Daily values Which nutrients are overconsumed in U.S. diets? - CORRECT ANSWER a. saturated fat and sodium When diet planning, it is necessary to consume various foods from the subgroups of the main food group (e.g., dark-green vegetables and red and orange vegetables are the subgroups for the ...

NSC 170 Final Exam Questions with Correct Answer Health Benefits of Fiber - Answer-- Inhibits cholesterol absorption, lowering cholesterol levels - Slows glucose absorption - Keeps you fuller, longer Carb Digestion - Answer-- Mouth (Salivary Amylase) - Stomach - Pancreas (Pancreatic Amylase and sodium bicarbonate - neutralizes chyme) - Small Intestines (Disaccharides into Monosaccharides) Insulin - Answer-Hormones that lowers blood glucose levels (pancreas) Glucagon - Answer-Hor...

NSC 170c1 Chapter 1 Test with Correct Answers What are the food groups? - Answer-fruits, vegetables, proteins, dairy, grains Essential nutrients - Answer-substances the body must get from foods because it cannot manufacture them at all or fast enough to meet its needs. These nutrients include proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals, and water Non-essential nutrients - Answer-our bodies can make them from other nutrients, so it is not essential that we consume them Example o...

NSC 170C1 Exam 3 2021 Questions and Answers A goiter is a deficiency of which of the following? - Answer-Iodine A deficiency in this nutrient can lead to rickets in kids. - Answer-Vitamin D High intake of this vitamin during pregnancy may cause specific birth defects. - Answer-Vitamin A What is the primary source of energy ("energy currency") for your cells? - Answer-ATP Which functions as an antioxidant? - Answer-Selenium The amount of vitamin C that meets about 98% of the po...

NSC 170 Practice Exam Questions With Correct Answers. A commercial website contains ads for gluten-free food products and supplements that are targeted for people who have intestinal problems. - CORRECT ANSWER .com A nationally-recognized, not for profit, health association provides information about choosing healthful foods for diabetes management. - CORRECT ANSWER .org The Department of Health and Human Services promotes a campaign to increase calcium consumption among pre-teen girl...

NSC 170: Ch. 12 Exam Questions Correctly Answered. What is the major agency charged with ensuring that the U.S. food supply is safe, wholesome, sanitary, and properly labeled? - CORRECT ANSWER d. Food and Drug Administration What microbe is likely to be found in raw and undercooked poultry, unpasteurized milk, and contaminated water? - CORRECT ANSWER d. Campylobacter What is the most appropriate way to prepare poultry stuffing? - CORRECT ANSWER e. Cook until the stuffing center reache...

Carb Production - Answer-Produced by photosynthesis Monosaccharides (simple carbs) - Answer-Glucose, fructose, galactose Disaccharides (simple carbs) - Answer-Sucrose = glucose + fructose Lactose = glucose + galactose Maltose = glucose + glucose Polysaccharides - Answer-many monosaccharides linked together Starch - Answer-storage form of glucose (carbs) in plants Glycogen - Answer-Animal storage form of glucose. Found in liver and muscles Fiber - Answer-A complex carbohydrate...