Nutritional Foundation 3 Final Exam

Which of the following is/are effects of eliminating fats from the diet for any length of time?

True or false: Studies have shown weight gain and cholesterol levels have a direct correlation with fat and cholesterol intake.

Fat soluble vitamins include which of the following as well as their naturally occurring co factors needed to provide maximum benefit?

True or false: Butter from cows eating grass is America’s best source of fat-soluble vitamins.

Which of the following is/are true in regard to refined carbohydrates?

True or false: Fortification is a safe and effective way of replenishing nutrients lost in the processing of foods.

True or false: Protein cannot be adequately utilized without dietary fats.

Which of the following are problematic in regard to the way grains and legumes are raised in agriculture today?

Destruction of lactic-acid producing bacteria, alteration of lysine and tyrosine, rancidity, reduced availability of mineral components, and destruction of enzymes are all reasons to avoid what?

Which of the following methods of food preservation and processing actually make nutrients more available?

True or false: An over-alkaline environment or lack of hydrochloric acid can inhibit our uptake of minerals, even when they’re available in our food.

Which of the following are affected by a deficiency in magnesium?

Which of the following labels can include Monosodium Glutamate, MSG?

True or false: Poor diet, enzyme exhaustion, and adrenal exhaustion all contribute to the development of food allergies.

Intermittent fasting allows our enzyme systems to more efficiently work at which of the following?

Which of the following affect food’s ability to make us healthy?

True or false:  A good rule is to start your evening meal with a dish containing enzymes – either a salad with homemade dressing, raw meat or fish, or soup containing cultured cream.

True or false: A poorly functioning intestine has little effect on other parts of the body.

True or false:  Synthetic vitamins will benefit the body in the same way as vitamins found naturally in foods.

True or false: Enzyme inhibitors can neutralize our own precious enzymes in the digestive tract.

Acidic acid or vinegar added during cooking helps to draw which of the following minerals into the broth?

True or false: Excitoxins could possibly aggravate or even precipitate many of the neurodegenerative brain diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, and Alzheimer’s.

True or false: The ups and downs of blood glucose levels affect our adrenal glands and our overall disposition.

True or false: We have had a large increase in our fat intake over the last century.

True or false: Soy is high in phytic acid and enzyme inhibitors.

Out of the richest spectrum of 92 essential minerals, which of the following contains only 2?

Excessive intake of skim or low fat milk may be associated with which of the following?

True or false: Irradiated foods are rendered sterile or dead.

True or false: High levels of saturated fats and fructose contribute to a malfunctioning liver that’s unable to detoxify.

True or false: Use of birth control may lead to deficiency of Vitamin B6.

Which of the following is our intelligence chemical?

Which of the following result from trans fatty acids getting into our cell membrane construction?

True or false: Any food eaten to the exclusion of others can lead to allergies, food addictions, and adverse reactions.

The skin, brain, and hormones of sex and adrenals all require which of the following?

True or false: Liver should be avoided because toxic substances accumulate in the livers of all animals and this risk outweighs the nutrient value.

True or false: Food substances such as trans fatty acids, over consumption of omega-6 linoleic acid from commercial vegetable oils, alcohol consumption, and various vitamin deficiencies have interfered with the body’s ability to make EPA and DHA.

Animal foods containing saturated fat and cholesterol provide vital nutrients necessary for which of the following?

Brain and eye function, the prostate gland and seminal fluid, and enzymes to aid in the digestion of carbohydrates all require which of the following?

True or false: All drugs are chemicals; the same chemicals in organic form are found in vegetables and other foodstuffs.

True or false: Health can be found only by integrating the clear-cut laws of nature with modern advancements of science.

True or false: The feeling that goes into the preparation of food affects everyone who partakes of it.

True or false: Germs do not initiate a diseased state of body, but appear later, after a person becomes ill.

True or false: Factory raised eggs are one of the healthiest foods on the planet and pose no danger to those consuming them.

What is/are the first choice substitutes when baking with alternative grains?

True or false: The malabsorption issues associated with celiac diease can lead to dementia

Which of the following nutrients are needed to endure long periods of exercising?

True or false: Sugar is better than nothing, because at least it provides some energy for the body.

True or false: The right diet is the key to having a good supply of nourishing milk.