Step I Folate deficiency

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There is a question about possible causes of folate deficiency. Two of the answer choices are lack of leafy green vegetables and overcooked food. The answer is overcooked food, but nothing I found discriminates between the more likely cause. Am I missing something obvious here?
 
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I think that 'leafy green vegetables' is too specific. Two risk factors are eating overcooked food and diets poor in fruits and vegetables, but not necessarily only 'leafy green vegetables'. Also folic acid is put in breads now, too. Overcooked foods is definitely a risk factor.
 
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PsychoDan said:
There is a question about possible causes of folate deficiency. Two of the answer choices are lack of leafy green vegetables and overcooked food. The answer is overcooked food, but nothing I found discriminates between the more likely cause. Am I missing something obvious here?
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Perhaps because there are lots of foods besides leafy green vegetables with enough folate to prevent deficiency? If you overcooked all your food that would probably be less folate than a standard diet minus leafy greens.

I agree though that it's weird to have lack of leafy green vegetables as a wrong answer choice.
 
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That's interesting b/c on pg.114 of FA (2006), under Folic Acid Deficiency, it states "eat green leaves..(b/c folic acid is not stored very long)."

I definitely would have missed that question had I gone with my FA knowledge.

Btw, did you know "Giardia lamblia" infection is a cause of malabsorption that can also lead to Folic acid deficiency? (BRS Path, pg. 174, 2nd edition)

What's the freshwater fish tapeworm that can cause Vit. B12 deficiency??? Starts with a "D"
 
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That's interesting b/c on pg.114 of FA (2006), under Folic Acid Deficiency, it states "eat green leaves..(b/c folic acid is not stored very long)."

I definitely would have missed that question had I gone with my FA knowledge.

Btw, did you know "Giardia lamblia" infection is a cause of malabsorption that can also lead to Folic acid deficiency? (BRS Path, pg. 174, 2nd edition)

What's the freshwater fish tapeworm that can cause Vit. B12 deficiency??? Starts with a "D"
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Diphyllobothrium latum
 
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PsychoDan said:
There is a question about possible causes of folate deficiency. Two of the answer choices are lack of leafy green vegetables and overcooked food. The answer is overcooked food, but nothing I found discriminates between the more likely cause. Am I missing something obvious here?
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Had that very question today and I fell for it too. Qbank is not perfect...
 
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Just did a quick search. It seems you can use both, although one paper did mention Praziquantel as primary Tx and Niclosamide as "alternative."

Alright, back to the books...
 
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Maybe, in addition to the above, you are expected to generalize about the average american diet. 3 servings of vegetables (based on minimum current RDA) probably isn't going to include that many leafy green vegetables/day. Most americans are getting the majority of their folate from fortifed grains and cereals...most kids cereals provide close to a day's supply.
 
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