Exam 18: Nutrition and Metabolism

Deficiency of vitamin ___ causes night blindness.

The units of heat that measure the amount of energy in food are called ______.

The B vitamins are

The fat-soluble vitamins include

Sugars that are part of RNA and DNA are

Stan takes vitamin supplements every day, buying whatever is on sale at the health food store. He develops nausea, headache, fatigue, easy bruising and bleeding. Which vitamin is he likely taking in excess?

A triglyceride consists of

This provitamin can be synthesized from dietary cholesterol. Then when the provitamin stored in the skin is exposed to ultraviolet light, it is changed to an inactive form of vitamin ______ .

Fat-soluble vitamins are

The average BMR for an adult indicates a need for one calorie of energy per hour for each gram of body weight.

Which trace element and function is correctly matched?

Cholesterol functions in the body as an energy source, and furnishes molecular components for the synthesis of various sex hormones.

Monica doesn't eat anything that was once in an animal. She is an ovo-vegetarian.

Which of the following activities should lead to the loss of at least a pound of fat in one week?

Fructose, glucose, and galactose are ___________.

Excess intake of which vitamin could possibly lead to irreversible renal damage?

The instrument that measures the caloric content of a food sample is a(n) ______ ______.

Malnutrition due to diet alone is called secondary malnutrition.

Complete proteins can promote normal growth, whereas incomplete proteins cannot promote normal growth.

Iodine is commonly added artificially to food in the form of ______ ______.