Exam 12: The Major Minerals and Water

If a food contributes sodium to the diet, what is its contribution of chloride likely to be?

One study has suggested that consuming even one additional serving of low-fat dairy foods each day is associated with a 40 to 50% reduction in risk of which of the following diseases?

How is fluid balance maintained in the body?

Bones _____ have large blood vessels, lymphatic vessels, and nerves.

What are the most significant sources of sodium in the American diet?

After having her ovaries surgically removed, Laurie was prescribed _______________, medications containing estrogen and progesterone.

Who is at the greatest risk of developing magnesium toxicity?

Is coffee of a healthful diet?

Bisphosphonates are used in the treatment of osteoporosis. What is their effect?

Why is bone considered "living tissue"?

If Rick’s muscles tighten and are unable to relax, Rick is experiencing _______________.

Though it is not an essential nutrient, consumption of what can increase bone strength?

What nutrients are essential for optimum bone health? And thus, what foods need to be included in the diet?

Use the following case study to answer questions These questions require comprehension of various sections of the chapter to answer, but are placed together here to keep them together with the Case Study: Yun Jung is a 56-year-old postmenopausal fashion designer from Korea. She is visiting the U.S. for the first time and is having a bit of a challenge adjusting to the food available. She admits she is not very active but does try to eat healthy. She has always been thin and is currently 5’ tall and weighs 95 lbs. Her diet typically consists mostly of rice, lots of vegetables (except she doesn’t like spinach or greens), soy, a little fish, and lots of tea. She is not lactose intolerant. On a sight-seeing trip, she twisted her left ankle and fell. She was taken to the emergency room and was shocked to find that she had fractured her left fibula. The x-ray confirmed type 1 osteoporosis. -What would be the most effective way to treat Yun Jung’s osteoporosis based on research today?

The greatest amount of bone mineral that a person has during his or her life is called:

By definition, a major or macromineral is one that is required in amounts greater than how much each day?

Lori was anorexic from the age of 14 until she was 20. As a result, her risk of osteoporosis is greater because her nutrition was poor and because her levels of what were low?

What are the biological and modifiable risk factors for developing osteoporosis?

What is the process of converting the soft rubbery fetal bones into hard, mineralized bone called?

What level of risk of osteoporosis is typically associated with using tobacco?