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Question 1: Nutrients can affect the actions of drugs, and drugs can affect nutrient absorption, metabolism and excretion. Choose one drug in the Chapter 17 Highlight (Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S.R. (2017). Understanding nutrition (15th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.) that affects nutrient(s) excretion and explain how the drug works, the nutrient-drug interaction and potential consequences of nutrient deficiency. You will need to defend your answer using specific facts, data, and other information drawn from the textbook (Whitney, E., & Rolfes, S.R. (2017). Understanding nutrition (15th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage.) and at least one other supplemental source.
Marie is 65 years old and overall has a very healthy diet. Marie avoids dairy because it upsets her stomach and drinks calcium fortified orange juice and chooses calcium-rich vegetables because she knows that she needs calcium to protect her bones. She also dislikes fish, with chicken providing most of her protein. Lab results from Maries annual physical showed that her serum vitamin D levels are very low. Maries doctor has suggested that she take a vitamin D supplement to bring those levels up. Marie hates taking pills and wonders why thats necessary when she spends a lot of time outdoors gardening.
Question 2: Explain why Maries serum vitamin D levels are low despite the time she spends gardening. Support your answer with data, facts, key terminology, specific examples and other information drawn from the textbook and at least one other supplemental source.
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