Spring Fruits and Veggies
This quintessential spring vegetable can grow up to 7 inches in a single day, appearing in green, white, and purple varieties.
What is Asparagus
This is the country where French fries were invented.
What is an Belgium?
This is the country that soy beans originated from.
What is China?
What do we call the tiny "building blocks" that make up proteins?
What are amino acids?
True or False: Protein should be the major source of calories in an athlete's diet.
False. Carbohydrates should be the main source, while protein is for repair.
These are the first berries to ripen in the spring, a one-cup serving provides more vitamin C than an orange
What are strawberries?
What is the #1 best-selling chocolate bar?
Snickers.
True or False: Soy is a "complete protein."
True. It provides all nine essential amino acids, comparable to animal protein
True or false: Your body can't store protein like it stores fat or carbohydrates, so you need to eat some every day.
True, excess protein is lost in your urine.
What percentage of body weight loss due to dehydration can begin to negatively impact performance?
What is 2%?
The florets of this vegetable are actually undeveloped flower buds, packed with nutrients like vitamin C and K
What is broccoli?
In the 1830s, this condiment was sold as a medicine to treat indigestion.
What is Ketchup?
What is the term for soybeans harvested while still green and sweet?
What are edamame?
Which US Founding Father is credited with being the first American to write about producing tofu?
Benjamin Franklin He sent samples of soybeans to botanist John Bartram in 1770, referring to it as "cheese" from China.
Which mineral is essential for transporting oxygen to muscles, particularly for endurance athletes?
What is iron?
These stone fruits are a hybrid of a plum and a peach, bringing early-season sweetness
What are apricots?
It takes nearly 2–3 years to grow a single one of this fruit.
What is pineapple?
What was used in place of coffee during the American Civil War due to scarcity?
What are soybeans?
True or false: Protein is the most abundant substance in the body after water.
True.
What is the primary reason athletes should drink fluids during exercise?
To combat fluid loss from thermoregulation (sweat).
These are technically part of the sunflower family, and the part we eat is a flower bud that hasn't bloomed yet.
What are artichokes?
What is an avocado?
One acre of soybeans can produce this many crayons.
What is more than 82,000?
These bugs are an incredibly dense source of protein. They provide 60g of protein per 100g.
What are crickets?
True or False: Your body breaks down muscle, bone, or other tissues if it doesn't get enough energy from food during training.
True. Your body needs energy from food to repair and replenish after training.