Author Question: Patients with acute kidney injury are prone to loss of what type of amino acids? a. leucine and ... (Read 42 times)

K@ · **on:** Aug 20, 2018

Patients with acute kidney injury are prone to loss of what type of amino acids?
a. leucine and isoleucine
b. only essential amino acids
c. only non-essential amino acids
d. all essential and non-essential amino acids
e. only branched-chain amino acids

Question 2

Patient X, a female visiting you, the dietitian, for the first time, wants you to convince her doctor to prescribe diet pills because, as she says, I'm too fat. She is 63 tall and weighs 1361 . She tells you she has a history of losing and regaining 10-121 . through various fad diets. She used to exercise 2-3 times a week, but she says she does not now because she has no time between work and picking up her children from school or day care. She does not present with any medical complications at this time. What should be your recommendation in regard to her request about the diet pills?
a. Provide her doctor with a recommendation for the diet pills.
b. Provide her with advice and information regarding maintaining her weight.
c. Provide her doctor with a recommendation for potential weight loss surgery.
d. Provide her with an appropriate diet plan to assist in a 10 weight loss.