The Digestive System
This organ is responsible for nutrient absorption.
What is the small intestine?
This mineral is most important for bone strength, maintains a proper heart beat, connective tissue, and muscle contraction. It also supports nerve conduction, and blood clotting.
What is calcium?
Glucose
What is the brain’s preferred source of fuel?
This hormone, suppressed by overexercise and underfueling, regulates the menstrual cycle.
What is estrogen?
This hormone increases before meals to signal hunger.
What is ghrelin?
A chemical that creates a highly acidic (pH between 1.5 - 3.5) environment in the stomach that helps breakdown food and kill harmful microbes
What is HCL hydrochloric acid?
This vitamin helps absorb calcium.
What is vitamin D?
A polyunsaturated fatty acid found in fish walnuts and flax seeds that is part of the brain cell membranes.
What is an omega 3 fatty acid?
A health condition that is the result of overtraining and underfueling in sport
What is RED-S (Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport)?
This hormone rises after meals to promote satiety.
What is leptin?
The two nutrients absorbed in the large intestine.
What are water and electrolytes (sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, phosphorus)
A decrease in the bone matrix which leads to small holes in the bone tissue.
What is osteoporosis?
The % of total calories used in a day to fuel the brain at rest.
What is the brain?
A type of workout focused on building the strength of your heart, and deliver oxygen to the blood stream more efficiently
What is cardiovascular exercise/fitness?
Ignoring hunger signals over time can result in this.
What is hunger cue suppression?
This organ produces bile, important for fat digestion.
What is the liver?
The hormone that keeps calcium in the bone.
What is estrogen?
Chemical messengers in the brain
What are neurotransmitters?
1. Increased energy intake
2. increase protein intake
3. resistance exercise
4. recovery
What are the 3 things you need to build muscle?
This mindfulness-based approach is often used to reconnect to hunger and fullness.
What is intuitive eating?
This enzyme in saliva begins carbohydrate digestion.
What is salivary amylase?
Pregnant teens and 9-18 year old individuals.
What are is the age group with the highest calcium needs?
Prolonged energy deficiency can impair this protective coating around neurons
What is the myelin sheath?
This system regulates heart rate and temperature but can be disrupted by overtraining and malnutrition.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
In eating disorders, the brain may misinterpret these internal cues, leading to confusion around hunger/fullness.
What are interoceptive signals?