Nutrition Questions
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The synthetic form of vitamin K is called ________.
Adding a small amount of ________ to cooked vegetables can enhance the intestinal tract's ability to absorb the fat-soluble vitamins they contain.
Which of the following cooking methods can result in major losses of water-soluble vitamins?
________ contains riboflavin and can pick up two hydrogen ions and two electrons.
Series of specific chemical reactions in the cell are known as ________.
Which of the following menu items does not contain complementary protein?
Which of the following hormones increases gluconeogenesis in the liver?
________ is a chemical pathway involved in the catabolism of an activated fatty acid and occurs in the mitochondria.
The synthesis of fatty acids is known as ________.
Which of the following amino acids can be made by the human body?
Carmen is an active child who is allergic to peanuts. While attending a classroom party, Carmen accidentally was exposed to trail mix that contained peanuts, and she rapidly developed ________ as a result.
________ is a chemical pathway that enables muscle cells and liver to store glucose as glycogen.
Which of the following substances is an enzyme that participates in the digestion of proteins?
The ________ is the most commonly used tool to measure protein quality. Protein quality is determined based on both the amino acid composition score and the digestibility of the protein in the food source.
Hemoglobin is an example of a protein that exists in the ________ form.
Cameron was born with a condition that requires him to limit eating foods that contain phenylalanine. Based on this information, Cameron has ________.
________ is a component of pyridoxal phosphate (PLP).
The chemical attraction between the acid group of one amino acid and the amino group of another amino acid can form a ________.
Which of the following alcohol-containing beverages contains approximately the same amount of alcohol that is in two 12-ounce bottles of beer?
Consuming too much protein or excess amino acids can contribute to ________.