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crazycityslicker

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Your aunt Gladys has a family history of heart disease. She decides to begin eating a bowl of oatmeal every morning to help lower her blood cholesterol. After about a month of following this routine, her cholesterol declined about 5 points. Which of the following is the most likely explanation for this effect?
 a. Oatmeal is a low-fat food and inhibits the body's synthesis of cholesterol
  b. Oatmeal is high in complex fibers that inhibit cholesterol-synthesizing enzymes
  c. Oatmeal consumed on a regular basis suppresses the craving for high-cholesterol foods
  d. Oatmeal is high in soluble fibers that trap bile, causing the body to use more cholesterol for bile replacement

Question 2

Which of the following vitamins is synthesized by intestinal bacteria?
 a. A b. E
  c. K d. D



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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