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The nurse is planning a program about healthy eating for high school students. At the beginning of the unit on vitamins, the nurse will explain that vitamins:
 
  1. Provide energy.
   2. Are all synthesized by the body.
   3. Are necessary for proper growth and development.
   4. Require ideal foods for maximum absorption.

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Athletes use physical training and dietary manipulation to increase their body stores of energy in the form of
 
  a. glucose.
  b. glycogen.
  c. amino acids.
  d. short-chain fatty acids.



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Rationale: Vitamins are necessary for growth and development in young people and for tissue maintenance in adults. Vitamins are micronutrients which do not provide energy; only macronutrients, like carbohydrates, provide energy. Only some of the vitamins are synthesized by the body; some must be consumed. There are no ideal foods for vitamins; however, some foods contain more of some vitamins than other foods.

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Athletes use these methods to increase their body stores of energy in the form of glycogen. Gly-cogen is the form of carbohydrate stored in the liver and muscles. Glucose and amino acids are not stored in the body. Also, the primary function of amino acids is tissue building, not energy production. Short-chain fatty acids are produced when bacteria ferment dietary fiber in the colon. They are only used as an energy source by epithelial cells in the colon.





 

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