Quiz 3-21

Question 1

What are risk factors involved with nutrient drug interractions and who’s most at risk?

Answer 1

Pregnant women

children

people taking multiple medications

those taking meds with a narrow therapeutic range

poor kidney/liver function

those on chemotherapy or immunosuppresants

Question 2

What are medication side effects that can alter nutrition status?

Answer 2

Altered taste/smell

dry mouth

diarrhea or constipation

nausea or vomiting

boating or cramping

increased appetite

Question 3

What happens when you combine dairy products with antibiotics?

Answer 3

Dairy products delay or prevent antibiotics such as tetracyclines and ciprofloxacin

The calcium in the food binds to the drug and forms and insoluble compound, rendering it uneffective

Question 4

Research supports ergogenic effects on what when using steroids?

Answer 4

increasing muslce mass

decreasing body fat

increasing strength

Question 5

Health risks for steroids?

Answer 5

facial and body acne

male breast enlargement

masculinization in females

stunted growth in adolescents

reduction of testicular size

enlargement of clitoris

stroke

heart disease

Question 6

What problems can dehydration have on performance?

Answer 6

Decrease in blood volume

body heat storage increases

lower sweating rate

earlier onset of lactate threshold

electrolyte imbalances

Question 7

What are the health benefits of consuming adequate water?

Answer 7

decreased risk of bladder cancer

decreased risk of colon cancer

supression of appetite in weight control