Question

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a client is discussing vitamin and mineral intake with the nurse. which client statement requires further nursing teaching?
“i drink orange juice fortified with added calcium.”
“my spouse and i are ordering a product that has megadoses of vitamins.”
“cooking can change the vitamin contents in foods.”
“my body does not make its own vitamins.”

Explanation:

Megadoses of vitamins can be harmful. Excessive intake of certain vitamins (e.g., fat - soluble vitamins like A, D, E, K which can accumulate in the body) can lead to toxicity. Fortifying orange juice with calcium is a common and often beneficial practice. Cooking can indeed change vitamin contents (e.g., heat - sensitive vitamins like vitamin C can be degraded). And for most vitamins, the body does not synthesize them (with a few exceptions like vitamin D which can be synthesized on exposure to sunlight, but the general statement is mostly correct as the majority of vitamins need to be obtained from diet).

Answer:

“My spouse and I are ordering a product that has megadoses of vitamins.”