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vit.jpg Given the following table, what amount of vitamin C would you recommend a 75 year old male client should consume daily?

What dose is a typical vitamin C supplement?

The recommended dietary allowance of 0.8 g protein/ kg body weight provides a MINIMUM daily intake level to meet the nutrient requirements of nearly all healthy people.

Eating out at US restaurants always provides appropriate portion sizes to support a healthy diet.

If someone is eating 25% of a 1600 calorie diet from carbohydrates, this is in the acceptable macronutrient distribution range for carbohydrates.

In designing a food plan for a client, the MyPlate tool

If someone eats a 3000 calorie diet and gets 25% of these calories from protein, that equal roughly 188 grams of protein.

The AMDR for fat is

A  52-year old female presents with the progressive symptom of “ringing in my right ear every time my heart beats.”  She also has had some dizziness and is not hearing as well.  The NP is aware the symptoms may be due to the Red Flag diagnosis of  

A 46-year old female  with a history of hypertension, hyperlipidemia, prediabetes, morbid obesity (BMI 44), depression and OA of the knees,  presents for a routine check up.  Her most recent lab work shows a fasting plasma glucose = 152 and HbA1c = 6.8.  She is very frustrated with her inability to lose weight over the years.  She has tried Weight Watchers and most recently the Noom weight loss plan (It was too expensive and she gained the weight back).  Due to her knees and her weight, she is unable to walk any significant distance.   She is adamantly opposed to gastric bypass as she has a good friend “who went through all that and then gained the weight back.”   The NP discusses the recent promising medication-assisted weight loss data and the drug that will also control the diabetes.  After discussing all the options, benefits and risks, the NP will prescribe