Test Human Nutrition Chapter 3 and 4

Many nutrients are stored in the body, primarily

The amount of a nutrient that should meet the needs of half of the  healthy people in a particular group is the

Which of the following statements is false? 

Adequate Intakes are:

“The highest average amount of a  nutrient that is unlikely to harm most people  when the amount is consumed daily”

The UL (Upper Level) for vitamin C is

People who regularly take high  doses of individual micronutrient nutrient supplements are

Beverages made from soybeans (soy “milks”) can substitute for cow’s milk, if …

Which of the following statements is false?

Which of these foods is not a source of solid fat?

Caffeine consumption should be limited to

People who are at risk of  high blood pressure (hypertension) should limit their sodium intake to

What percentage of a person’s intake of grains should be whole grains?

The Exchange System

What foods are at the base of the Mediterranean Diet Pyramid? 

Which of the following statements is false? 

The wall of the stomach is the thickest and strongest of the  gastrointestinal tract because it has a third type of muscle:

Which of the following statements is true? 

Salivary amylase is

Although taste buds that can detect each kind of taste  are distributed all over the tongue, some regions of the  tongue are more sensitive to one type of taste and less sensitive to the others. The tip of the tongue, for example, is  more likely to detect

Which of the following statements is false?

To reduce the likelihood that young children will choke on food, caregivers should:

The upper esophageal sphincter is not a true sphincter but  rather a section of the pharynx that relaxes when a bolus is  swallowed, allowing the mass of food to enter the esophagus.

The main function of the lower portion of the stomach is mixing food with  gastric juice to form

“ an accessory organ of the digestive tract that produces and  secretes many of the enzymes that break down carbohydrates, protein, and fat  in the GI tract. “

What is the first segment of the small intestine?

What is the first segment of the large intestine?

Probiotics are

Gastrin stimulates

Which of the following statements is false?