ATI NUTRITION COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
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ATI NUTRITION COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW STUDY GUIDE
(Chapter 1 - Chapter 16 & Misc. Topics but Important to Know)
Chapter 1
● Heme Sources of Iron: fish, meat, poultry (animal products).
● Non-H
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eme Sources of iron: grains, legumes, vegetables
● Vitamin D Rich foods: fish, dairy,egg, sunlight.
● Fats should be 20-35% of daily calorie intake
● Protein should be 10-35% daily calorie intake
● Water intake should be between 2-3 L daily
● The body needs iron in 20mg or less as it is a trace element.
● Major Sources of Magnesium: Tuna, Halibut
● Minor Sources of Magnesium: Green leafy vegetables, nuts, chocolate
● Dysrhythmias are associated with K deficiency
● Scurvy is associated with vitamin C deficiency
● Pernicious anemia is associated with vitamin B12 deficiency
● Megaloblastic anemia is associated with folate deficiencies
● Bleeding Gums results from Vitamin C deficiency
● Complete Proteins: from animal sources and soy, have all 9 amino acids in them.
● Incomplete Proteins: from plant sources and do not have enough amino acids in them.
● Complementary proteins: food sources that are incomplete proteins by themselves, but are a complete protein when combined together with another.
● Main factors influencing the bodies requirement for protein: tissue growth, quality of dietary proteins, added needs due to illness (burns, COPD, tissue injury)
Chapter 2
● Excess glycerol is reassembled with fatty acids into triglycerides
● The liver converts unused glucose to glycogen that is stored in muscle tissues and liver for later use
● Excess fatty acids are converted back to triglycerides and stored in adipose tissues
● The body uses available ATP for growth and repair and uses stored fat and glycogen if not ATP is available.
● Morphine is a narcotic and decreases metabolism
● Levothyroxine treats hypothyroidism and will increase body metabolism
● Barbiturates will decrease metabolism
● Diluadid will decrease metabolism
● Factors that increase BMR: lactation,pregnancy, increased stress, puberty, growing, illness
● Factors that Decrease BMR: malnutrition, older age
● Possible Causes of Negative Nitrogen Balance or Catabolism: illness, malnutrition,trauma, aging
● Possible Causes of Positive Nitrogen Balance or anabolism: adolescence, pregnancy, childhood, infancy
● Ingestion is the process of taking in food by mouth
● Digestion involves breaking down of food into nutrients so it can be absorbed
● Absorption is the process by which pass through the walls of the digestive system to be used.
● Catabolism: process which food is broken down into smaller molecules that release heat and chemical energy
● Anabolism is the building of new body substances
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
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