Advanced Nutrition 2-Exam 2
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- If one wishes to consume some isoflavones for possible cancer risk reduction, one would select
- soy milk
- 1 cup of soymilk equals how many isoflavones?
- 40mg
- How many cups of soymilk is enough in a day for a good level of isoflavones?
- one
- Carotenoids can be what colors?
- Orange, yellow, red, and green.
- Certain nuts like almonds contain all eight major forms of Vitamin E. True or false?
- True
- Carotenoid colors can be hidden by what?
- Green cholorphyll
- Which of the following food chemicals are carotenoids? lycopene, isoflavone, sulforaphane
- Lycopene
- Sulforaphane is high in broccoli. True or false.
- True
- Sulforaphane is an
- isothiocyanate
- What induces hepatic detoxifying enzymes?
- isothiocyanates
- Sulforaphane can reduce the risk for several human cancers and lower the risk for what?
- H. pylori induced gastric ulcers.
- Tocotrienols are structural variants of what vitamin?
- Vitamin E
- Nutrients called lignans are
- phytoestrogens
- A major dietary source of lignans is what? It reduces cancer risk.
- Flax
- Are phytoestrogen supplements a safe way to obtain these nutrients?
- No-may be toxic!
- Red grape juice is a high what food?
- ORAC-oxygen radical absorbance capacity
- Which chemical below is not a carotenoid? lutein, canthaxanthin, resveratrol, zeaxanthin, lycopene
- resveratrol
- Resveratrol is what
- A phytoestrogen, specifically a stillbene
- Do plant sterols have similar structures to cholesterol?
- Yes
- Plant sterols
- can interfere with cholesterol absorption and are present in certain margarine.
- Allicin can be found in what?
- Garlic
- Phytochemicals in Brassica vegetables increase production of cellular phase-2 enzymes thereby reducing the risk for certain cancers. True or false?
- True
- Some carotenoids can form what vitamin in human metabolism?
- Vitamin A
- For the older individual, the properly worded recommendation for sodium intake per day is less than what?
- 1500mg
- Transketolase activation is used to determine the nutritional status for
- Vitamin B1-thiamin
- What nutrients lead to hypochromic microcytic anemia?
- pyridoxine(B6), iron, copper
- Activation of osteocalcin is related to
- Vitamin K
- The body can convert some carotenoid forms into what vitamin?
- Vitamin A
- Ascorbic acid reduces OR oxidizes inorganic iron allowing a more efficient absorption into the gut cell?
- REDUCES
- What vitamin plays a key role in transamination?
- pyridoxine (B6)
- What nutrients work with superoxide dismutase (SOD) in protecting the body from damage caused by the superoxide radical?
- zinc/copper (cytosol) and manganese (mitochondrial)
- Transketolase activation is used to estimate nutritional status for...?
- thiamin
- Nutrient that functions in antioxidant pathways by activating an important antioxidant exzyme that breaks down peroxides...
- selenium-gluathione peroxidase
- Help promote normal bp?
- potassium, magnesium, calcium
- Adolsterone can enhance loss of what nutrient which therefore increases it's dietary need?
- potassium (sodium/water retention, potassium loss)
- What glycoprotein serves as a transporter of copper?
- ceruloplasmin (or ferroxidase)
- Upper level for ascorbic acid?
- 2g/day
- Lipoic acid
- functions is decarboxylation reactions AND functions in antioxidant pathways AND is a fatty acid derivative
- What are some examples of phytoestrogens?
- lignans, isoflavones, stilbenes (like resveratrol)
- Phytoestrogens should be supplemented, true or false?
- false-can be toxic
- Brassica foods can supply significant levels of?
- isothiocyanates
- Thiamin (B1) function
- make ATP through oxidative decarboxylation
- Thiamin (B1) main coenzymes
- TDP (thiamin diphospahte)
- Thiamin (B1) deficiency
- beriberi
- Thiamin (B1) main assessment tool
- transketolase
- Thiamin (B1) RDAs
- 1.1 mg and 1.2 mg