Fundamental Principles of Nutrition from StudyFor

Question 1

What is the main carbohydrate found in breast milk?

Answer 1

Lactose. Many babies with milk allergies aren’t allergic to lactose in breastmilk but are allergic to the proteins found in breastmilk.

Question 2

What is a conditional essential amino acid?

Answer 2

It is a non-essential amino acid that could be considered an essential amino acid if protein needs to be increased.

Question 3

What are the conditional essential amino acids?

Answer 3

Arginine, cysteine, glutamine, and tyrosine.

Question 4

Alcohol abuse may lead to:
A. Secondary malnutrition
B. toxic malnutrition
C. primary malnutrition
D. primary or secondary malnutrition

Answer 4

D. primary or secondary malnutrition

Primary malnutrition occurs because substance abuse is associated with greater risk of food insecurity, lack of access to food, etc.
Secondary malnutrition occurs when alcohol inhibits the body’s ability to digest and/or absorb nutrients.

Question 5

What are the 9 essential amino acids?

Answer 5

Phenylalanine, valine, tryptophan, threonine, isoleucine, methionine, histidine, leucine, lysine.

They are amino acids that need to be supplied by the diet because the body can not make them. Some sources list arginine as a 10th essential amino acid, while other sources consider arginine a conditionally essential or semi-essential amino acid.

Question 6

Which of the following hormones is secreted by adipose tissue and is correlated with the percentage of body fat?

Answer 6

Letpin. Leptin resistance occurs when the body stops responding to this hormone and typically results in fat gain.