Six Main Nutrients
These are known as the "healthy" fats that are liquid at room temperature
What are unsaturated fats?
Does fruits and vegetables provide a wide range of nutrients?
What is yes?
Does diet affect the body systems?
What is yes?
What is a person called that is professional in a specific sport?
What is an athlete?
What factors helps make hormones?
What is fat?
These nutrients assist enzymes and help regulate chemical reactions in the body.
What are vitamins and minerals?
What lowers blood pressure, and reduces risks of heart disease and stroke?
What are fruits and vegetables?
To maintain bone strength, athlete's need to eat this mineral.
What is calcium?
This meal should be eaten before games, to provide energy
What is pre-exercise meal?
What factor gives the most energy?
What are carbohydrates?
This nutrient transports oxygen and is about 50%-75% of your body weight.
What is water?
A "superfood" that helps athletes repair muscles, reduce energy, and maintain energy.
What are nutrient-dense foods?
Not eating enough protein will weaken this tissue
What is muscle tissue?
This is the measurement of energy provided by food.
What is calorie?
What factor repairs muscles, prevent injuries?
What is protein?
This type of fat becomes solid in room temperature.
What is saturated fat?
Eating these "colorful" foods gives antioxidants and that help manage inflammation and aid recovery.
What are fruits and vegetables?
This mineral helps carry oxygen around the body
What is iron?
These are the nutrients that provide no calories but are essential for life.
What are vitamins, water , and minerals?
What factors do you think is the most important for an athlete?
What are the two main types of carbohydrates?
What is simple and complex?
Eating less of this will make injury, illness risks higher
What are micronutrients?
This sugar is found in sports drinks to provide energy without causing GI distress.
What is glucose?
This vitamin is essential for immune system.
What is vitamin D
What is the priority of protein, carbohydrates, and fat?
What is carbohydrates, protein, and fat?