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Title: A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping ...
Post by: croth99 on Mar 4, 2018
A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping immediately after drinking a few glasses of wine. What would you tell her?
 a. Yes; in fact, discarding your breast milk is a good thing to do if you would like to drink while breastfeeding.
  b. Yes; pumping will help, but you need to pump for the next 24 hours and discard any milk that you collect.
  c. No; your breast milk will still contain alcohol; you will need to wait 1 hour per alcoholic beverage and then pump the milk and discard it to be safe.
  d. No; the alcohol will still be in the breast milk and will clear from the milk as soon as it clears from the blood stream: roughly 2 to 3 hours per drink for a 120-pound woman.
  e. No; alcohol cannot be removed from breastmilk; if she wishes to breastfeed, she must eliminate her alcohol consumption.

Q. 2

The leading cause of accidental ingestion fatalities among children is an overdose of:
 
 a. iron.
  b. vitamin D.
  c. zinc.
  d. niacin.

Q. 3

If a 110-lb nursing woman (50 kg) wants to drink alcohol, how many cans of beer (15 g alcohol/12 oz.) can this woman drink and stay within the Institute of Medicine's alcohol recommendations?
 a. 0
  b. 1
  c. 2
  d. 3
  e. 4

Q. 4

Supplement users are more likely to have excessive intakes of:
 
 a. the B vitamins.
  b. iron, zinc, vitamin A, and niacin.
  c. vitamins A, D, E, and K.
  d. calcium, iron, vitamin C, and thiamin.

Q. 5

It will take approximately _____ hour(s) to eliminate the alcohol in one glass of wine from a 120-pound nursing woman.
 a. <1
 b. 2 to 3
 c. 4 to 5
 d. 6 to 7
 e. 12 or more

Q. 6

Nutrient supplements in amounts consistent with the RDA should be taken in all of the following circumstances except:
 
 a. when your energy intake is low.
  b. when you are a vegan.
  c. when you have an illness that takes away your appetite.
  d. when you depend primarily on grocery-store foods.

Q. 7

Large doses of St. John's wort decrease prolactin levels in women. This could potentially _____.
 a. reduce oxytocin levels
 b. cause breast milk to taste like maple syrup
  c. cause a woman to become constipated
 d. reduce breast milk supply
 e. cause depression in some women

Q. 8

_____ is a cofactor for many enzymes, but can cause brain-disease-like toxicity symptoms if inhaled in dust.
 
 a. Copper
  b. Magnesium
  c. Molybdenum
  d. Manganese


Title: A breastfeeding mother asks you if alcohol can be eliminated from her breast milk by pumping ...
Post by: velicanercan1 on Mar 4, 2018
Answer to #1

d

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a

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b

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b

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b

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d

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d

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d