It takes 1.67 kilowatts of energy to produce 1 lb of apples. In comparison, it takes this many kilowatts of energy to produce 1 lb of beef:
a) 15.9
b) 31.5
c) 23.6
What is 31.5 kilowatts?
100
When you exercise, you body releases these chemicals that reduce your perception of pain.
What are endorphins?
100
You must burn or reduce your food intake this number of calories to lose 1 pound.
What is 3,500 calories?
100
Japan, China, Norway and Iceland often make the list of the world's healthiest nations. Diets in these countries are rich in fish and also this important source of iodine and complete protein that also comes from the sea.
What is seaweed / kelp?
100
Spending at least 15 minutes outdoors can increase your longevity due the fact that sunlight triggers your cells to produce more of this prohormone.
What is vitamin D?
200
This leafy, cruciferous green contains a variety of micronutrients and becomes crisp when baked at low tempertaures.
What is kale?
200
For every extra pound of muscle you build, your body will burn approximately
a) 10 more calories per day
b) 200 more calories per day
c) 50 more calories per day
What is 50 more calories per day?
200
The Glycemic Index rates how fast carbohydrates are broken down into this substance.
What is glucose?
200
The average Chinese person eats over ______ times the amount of fresh vegetables in a year as the average American.
a) 10
b) 5
c) 3
What is 3 times?
200
One study showed that people who exercised vigorously for 3 hours per week (a little more than 30 minutes per day) had DNA cells up to
a) 9 years younger than non-exercisers of the same age
b) 3 years younger than...
c) 5 years younger than...
What is 9 years younger than non-exercisers of the same age?
300
Refined flour isn't good for the body, not only because it has been leached of its fiber, vitamins, minerals and proteins, but also because it spikes levels of this substance in the blood stream.
What is glucose?
300
Thereis a direct correlation between inactivity and your risk for this disease.
What are heart disease?
300
The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine published a table demonstrating a counter-intuitive relationship between obseity trends in the United States and our increased consumption of these substances.
What are artifical sweeteners?
300
The French obsession with culinary arts and fine cooking has increased their national obseity rate over time.
True or False
What is false? It is precisely their obsession with cooking good foods and table rituals that has kept their population relatively svelte.
300
Vitamins C & E are extremely important in protecting the body against the destructive effects of these.
What are free radicals?
400
Long before the creation of sports drinks, people have looked to the water of this fruit (technically a drupe) for hydration. The molecular structure of this water is so similar to our own blood plasma that it was used for blood transfusions during WWII.
What is the coconut?
400
In a person who has an extremely high fever approaching the level of lethality, the body metabolism increases to approximately 100% above normal; by comparison, the metabolism of the body during a marathon race increases to
a) 2000% above normal
b) 1000% above normal
c) 200% above normal
What is 2000% above normal?
400
Your body burns the same number of calories per mile regardless of how fast you travel. True or False
What is false?
400
Spices such as rosemary, oregano, cinnamon, turmeric, black pepper, cloves, garlic, and paprika, common in Italian and Indian foods, decrease ____________ in the blood and therefore help to combat heart disease.
What are triglycerides / lipids?
400
A study performed in 1996 showed that six months of regular exercise could return the blood pressure, resting heart rate and hearts' maximum pumping level of five 50 year old men to the same baseline as
a) that of when they were 35 years of age
b) that of when they were 40 years of age
c) that of when they were 20 years of age
What is ...20 years of age?
500
The sprouted grass of this grain contains 11 times more calcium than milk, 5 times more iron than spinach and 7 times the vitamin C of orange juice.
What is barley grass?
500
Cardiovascular exercise increases the ___________ of blood vessels in the body, while resistance training increases the __________ of the blood vessels.
What are "number" and "size"?
500
Sleep deprivation can cause people to gain weight due to its affect on these two hormones that tell your body when to eat and stop eating.
What are ghrelin and leptin?
500
In the Netherlands, there are more of these than there are people, a fact which is reflected in their country's overall health.
What are bicycles? People in the Netherlands bike more often than they drive!
500
Because calorie restriction slows this process, it is an effective way to increase your life span.
What is oxidative stress on cells (also acceptable, oxidation, cell destruction)?