QUESTION9 ML. is a 34-year-old male computer programmer with a BMI of 26 who is

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QUESTION9 ML. is a 34-year-old male computer programmer with a BMI of 26 who is seeking dietary c His dose of Prilosec was recently increased and he now suffers less often from heartburn symptoms, he is also leery of medical side effects and would like any and all suggestions to manage his GERD "naturally." Having had GERD for the past eight years and been on some form of antacid or time, M.L. knows what foods or factors cause symptoms, and is able to generally avoid them hence, he has not had reflux esophagitis in over a year. A ly during that 24-hour diet history reveals M.L ate these foods yesterday Breakfast: Skipped Snack: Fresh pear instant oatmeal made with water, eaten with brown sugar and two non-dairy creamers; skim malk Lunch: Lean turkey lunch meat on whole-grain bread with lettuce, tomato, and mustard i00% grape juce alted with water, snack pack of carrots no essing Snack: Sugar cookies; skim milk Dinner: Tempura (deep-fried, breaded) salmon: buttered rice; salad with lettuce and tomato; vinegar and oul dressing water Snack, at bedtime: Ginger ale and ginger snap cookies The medication ML. takes is a proton-pump inhubitor medication that works by a neutralizing gastric acid o b. inlubiting the lower esophageal sphincter c. decreasing gastric acid production the es Click Sove and Submit to sove ond submit. Click Save All Answers to sove all ip

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Answer:- The correct option is C.

Proton pump inhibitors act by irreversibly blocking the hydrogen/potassium ATPase enzyme of the gastric parietal cells. The helps in decreasing the gastric acid production.

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