Carbs
T/F:
Athletes involved in moderate to high volume training need GREATER amounts of protein in their diet to meet macronutrient needs.
What is true?
Fill-in-the-blank:
There are ____ grams of fat.
What is 9 grams of fat?
T/F:
Long chains of amino acids are linked by peptide bonds.
True
Why are minerals considered inorganic?
What is they do not have carbon?
Organic substances contain carbon and minerals are not made by living organisms.
What is the most abundant mineral in the body?
What is calcium?
Which disaccharide is made up of glucose and fructose?
What is sucrose?
The type of fat cell that has a large number of iron-containing mitochondria.
What are brown fat cells?
Complete proteins contain _____ of the essential amino acids.
What two vitamins have antioxidants?
What is Vitamin C and E?
T/F:
Whey gives milk its white color.
What is false?
The Acceptable Macronutrient Distribution Range (AMDR) for carbs.
What is 45-65% of total calories?
Fill-in-the-blank:
When it comes to fats there are three main classes: sterols, phospholipids, and ______.
What is triglycerides?
The number of essential and non-essential amino acids.
What is 9 essential and 11 nonessential?
11 essential for special populations* will also be accepted
What is the name of the glycoprotein that helps shuttle ferritin?
Ferritin= stored version of iron
What is transferrin?
What two pancreatic hormones are involved in glucose control?
What is glucagon and insulin?
The end products of glucose metabolism
Hint: There are three end-products
What is Carbon dioxide, water, and ATP?
T/F:
All fatty acid chain will be directly transported through the portal vein to the liver.
What is false?
T/F:
50-65% of amino acids are used to make energy or other proteins.
What is true?
Vitamin _____ metabolizes tryptophan to niacin and produces hemoglobin and neurotransmitters.
What is B6?
What is the process that removes nitrogen group (NH2)?
PSA: The 2 on the nitrogen group is a subscript.
What is Deamination?
What is the role of pancreatic amylase and bicarbonate in the breakdown of carbohydrates?
What is to break down the glycosidic bonds?
What is the process of converting unsaturated fatty acid to a saturated fatty acid by replacing the double bonds with hydrogen?
What is hydrogenation?
What is the name of the score system that gives each protein food a score based on its bioavailability determined by its chemical score multiplied by its fecal digestibility?
Protein digestibility corrected amino acid score (PDCAAS)
Iodine is stored in the ____ and helps with ____ and ____.
What is thyroid gland, growth and metabolism?
What is the difference in bonds between saturated, monounsaturated (MUFA), and polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA).
Saturated: no double bonds
MUFA: one double bond
PUFA: 2 or more double bonds