Types of Exercise
This type of exercise involves moving muscles and joints against variable resistance at a constant speed.
What is isokinetic exercise?
This brain region serves as the body’s “clock” and helps regulate circadian rhythms.
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)?
This dietary component helps regulate blood sugar levels and supports digestive health.
What is dietary fiber?
This term refers to the brain's reduced response to a substance after repeated use.
What is tolerance?
This study involved participants gaining significant weight in a controlled prison setting to examine metabolic responses.
What is the Vermont Prison Overfeeding Study?
This type of exercise focuses on short bursts of energy without increased oxygen use.
What is anaerobic exercise?
These bursts of high-frequency brainwaves are characteristic of Stage 2 sleep.
What are sleep spindles?
A deficiency in this vitamin can lead to rickets or osteoporosis.
What is vitamin D?
Prolonged alcohol use can weaken this critical immune response mechanism.
What are T-cells?
Conducted in 1955, this study followed high-risk children on the island of Kauai for over 40 years to examine resilience.
What is Emmy Werner’s Kauai Study?
This form of aerobic exercise is often recommended for individuals with hypertension due to its cardiovascular benefits.
What is cycling?
This restorative process during sleep helps remove free radicals and toxins from the brain.
What is slow-wave sleep?
This term describes areas with limited access to affordable and nutritious food, often linked to obesity rates.
What are food deserts?
These proteins in tobacco smoke are primarily responsible for causing cancer.
What are carcinogens?
This landmark starvation study examined the physical and psychological effects of calorie restriction during WWII.
What is the Minnesota Starvation Study?
The principle stating that the benefits of exercise are specific to the body systems involved in the activity.
What is specificity?
A hormone that signals the body it is time to sleep and helps regulate biological rhythms.
What is melatonin?
This form of fat is often artificially produced and is linked to increased cardiovascular risks.
What are trans fats?
The physiological response when a substance is not administered, characterized by symptoms like nausea and sweating.
What is withdrawal?
This study demonstrated the importance of early emotional bonds using rhesus monkeys raised with surrogate mothers.
What is Harry Harlow’s Study?
The term for the physical strain needed to stimulate the body to adapt and build strength.
What is overload?
These environmental factors, such as light exposure and work schedules, can disrupt sleep patterns.
What are zeitgebers?
This nutrient, produced by the liver, is vital for cell membranes but can become harmful at high levels.
What is cholesterol?
This stimulant drug increases the risk of unprovoked violence and paranoia when taken in large doses.
What is methamphetamine?
This 1897 research concluded that lack of human touch led to high infant mortality rates in hospitals.
What is Floyd Crandall’s Hospitalism study?