A dietitian reviews a client's 24-hour recall showing high processed food intake and low vegetable/nut consumption. Analyze how this pattern likely affects the client's chloride, magnesium, and sulfur intakes and suggest targeted food-based changes.

• A. Processed foods mainly increase sulfur intake while decreasing both chloride and magnesium, so the client needs more table salt and fewer vegetables to balance minerals.
• B. Processed foods typically raise chloride (through added salt) but provide low magnesium (because they are poor in whole grains and nuts) and variable sulfur; recommend swapping processed items for almonds, leafy greens, whole grains, and lean protein to lower chloride and increase magnesium and adequate sulfur amino acids.
• C. High processed-food diets lead to uniformly increased magnesium and sulfur and decreased chloride because processing concentrates plant-derived minerals.
• D. This pattern will cause immediate and irreversible sulfur deficiency and only changing water intake will correct the mineral imbalance.

Answer: (B)