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Registered Dietitian

Category - Nutrition Care

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The dietary treatment for homocystinuria includes:
  1. Treatment with supplemental methionine
  2. Treatment with supplemental vitamin B6
  3. 1.5 g protein per kg body weight
  4. Branched-chain amino acids
Explanation
Answer: B - The dietary treatment for homocystinuria includes supplementation with vitamin B6, and restricting dietary methionine, an amino acid. Homocystinuria is a genetic disorder in which the enzyme needed to convert methionine to cysteine is missing, leading to elevated levels of homocysteine in the blood.
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