104 Flashcards
A Building diet would be recommended for all of the following except:
- Sluggish and/or congested clients
- Children and teens
- Pregnant women
- Convalescents
Sluggish and/or congested clients
A healthy salivary pH upon arising is around:
6.8
A healthy way to boost energy and metabolism through diet is to recommend eating:
Booster Foods
A portion: Which is correct?
- Can contain one or multiple servings
- Is an offered amount of food on the plate or in a package
- Can be divided in several servings and leftovers can be saved for the next meal
- Is a recommended amount to eat at one meal or snack
All but #4
A serving is -
a recommended optimal amount of food or beverage to consume during a meal or snack.
Visual cues that can be used to estimate serving sizes of foods and beverages
?
Deck of cards - protein
Baseball - fruit, vegetable, grains,
Poker chip - oil
Booster Foods can provide:
Minerals
Phytonutrients
Consuming portions with excessive servings can overload liver and kidneys. T or F
True
PH is a measure of
Hydrogen ion concentration of a substance in a water-based solution.
Can be acid, alkaline, or neutral
Foods to increase alkalinity
Leafy greens. Vegetables.
The following foods are acid forming:
Processed foods
Animal foods: meat, fish, eggs, poultry
Commercial energy drinks
Alcohol
The following minerals are acid forming, except:
- Hydrogen
- Sulfur
- Phosphorus
- Nitrogen
Hydrogen
The following minerals create alkaline ash in the body, except:
- Carbon
- Calcium
- Potassium
- Magnesium
Carbon
The purpose of the lemon juice salivary pH test is to:
Indicate alkaline reserves in the body
Which of the ratios reflect a Balancing Diet Direction?
- The sum of calories from protein and fat is greater than the calories from carbohydrates.
- The sum of calories from protein and fat is less than the calories from carbohydrates.
- The calories from protein and fat equal calories from carbohydrates.
The calories from protein and fat equal calories from carbohydrates.
