Part1: Short answer the following questions.
1. Besides beta blockers and the angiotensin system, what is the mechanism used to treat high blood pressure that involves water. Or what does the medication do to your body to return blood pressure back to normal?
2.What is the major positively chargedelectrolyte found outside of cells? What is the major positively charged electrolyte found inside of cells?
3. True or False Athletes will have larger hearts to better circulate blood to the muscles for exercise (a large heart is a healthy heart).
4. Low potassium will kill a person through dehydration. Briefly explain physiologically why low potassium blocks or stops the signal for the heart to beat?
5. What is the type of anemia associated with an Iron deficiency?
6. Definefluorosis,what are the symptoms?
7. What organ is damaged by a selenium deficiency, as defined byKeshan'sdisease?
8. True or False Osteoporosis is a classified as a deficiency of calcium.
Part2:Read the following article.
Discuss your thoughts on salt intake and the American diet.
Lots of money is made on low sodium and no sodium foods.
If you are hypertensive you need to limit your sodium intake, what about everyone else?
Why the concern regarding sodium intake.
Sodium intake recommendations.
The connection between healthy people, salt intake, and hypertension does not exist, in some people eating salt actually causes blood pressure to go down.
Scientific AmericanArticle.
Another article stating that sodium dietary restrictions may not be the best for all people.
Sodium recommended intake problems.