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RYAN BANYAN

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The nurse is discussing with a group of student nurses the various foods that have the potential to provide cardiometabolic benefits. One student asks what can help lower triglyceride levels. The nurse would respond with which of the following?
 
  A) Fish B) Milk C) Whole wheat D) Fruit

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An example of mechanical digestion includes
 
  a. activity of salivary amylase in the mouth.
  b. churning and mixing of food in the sto-mach.
  c. action of bile breaking fats into smaller droplets.
  d. effects of secretin in stimulating the pan-creas to release bicarbonate.



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Answer to Question 1

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Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish are noted to help lower triglyceride levels.

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Churning and mixing of food in the stomach is an example of mechanical digestion because it causes physical breakdown of the food. Salivary amylase and secretin are enzymes that cause chemical breakdown of food; bile causes emulsification of the fats.





 

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