Nutrition

Key Terms

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Amino Acid

Building blocks of protein

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Carbohydrate:  What is it?  How many types?

A type of sugar; two types: Simple and Complex

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Fat.  What is it?  Name three types

Saturated

Monounsaturated

Polyunsaturated

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Macro Nutrients

Protein, Carbohydrates, Fats

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Micro Nutrients.  Give 5 types or names

Vitamins, Minerals, A,B, C, D, E, K, Potassium, Magnesium, Calcium, Bicarbonate, Sodium, Phosphate, Chloride

Nutrition and Terms

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Types of amino acids and the numbers

Essential-9

Non-Essential-11

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PED's.  What are they?  Types?  Are they legal in sports?

Performance Enhancing Drugs, Steroids, Blood Doping, No

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Anabolic

Growth

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Catabolic

Breaking Down

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Calorie

The amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree farenheit.

Nutrition and Terms

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Transfat.  Explain

Partially Hydrogenated and Hydrogenated Oils

Very dangerous for the human body

Takes 51 days to clear out of the cells

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Cellulose.  What is it?  Types?

Fiber

Soluble and Insoluble

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Vitamins.  What are they?  Types?

Substances your body needs to function, grow and develop normally.  Water soluble and Fat soluble

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Insulin

Insulin is a hormone that helps regulate blood sugar levels and convert food into energy.

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Two other names for fat

Lipid and Trigliceride

More Nutrition

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Number of calories in one pound of fat

3500

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What is meant by BMR?  Define the acronym and explain

Basal Metabolic Rate is the amount of calories it takes to keep you alive in a day.  Does not include your daily activity calorie requirements.

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What is a gram?

How do convert macro nutrition grams to calories?

The smallest unit of measurement for food

Multiply number of grams of carbs by 4

Multiply number of grams of protein by 4

Multiply number of grams of fat by 9

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What does ratio of calories mean in Layman's terms?

Percentage of fat, protein and carbohydrates in portions compared to the total calories of the meal or of total calories per day

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Cholesterol

A type of fat or lipid the body makes and is essential for proper function of the body systems.

Two types:   HDL=High Density Lipoprotein (Good)                      and LDL= Low Density Lipoprotein (Bad

Nutrition and Such

100

What method of body fat health do we measure on a chart?

BMI= Body Mass Index

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First female supreme court justice?

Sandra Day O'Connor of Arizona

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What is meant by the term Cellulite?

Subcutaneous Body Fat

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First Female Arizona Governor

Rose Mofford from 1988-1991

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First athlete to play professional basketball in the NBA from Arizona.  

Wayne See-- Camp Verde High School, NAU Lumberjacks, Waterloo Hawks (NBA) 1949-1950

World War II War Veteran (US Marines). He was a football, basketball and baseball star from Camp Verde High School