Vocab
Building blocks of proteins.
What are amino acids?
Sugars and starches.
What are carbohydrates?
Vitamin C and B-complex vitamins.
What are water-soluble vitamins?
This is a central nervous system stimulant.
What is caffeine?
Complex CHO found in potatoes, rice, pasta, and bread.
What are starches?
Natural alternatives to drugs and medications.
What are herbs?
Science of food substances and what they do in the body.
What is nutrition?
These vitamins can be stored and in some cases can harm us when we have ingested too much.
What are fat-soluble vitamins?
Food grown without the use of pesticides thought to be more nutritional.
What are organic foods?
Eating disorder characterized by periods of starvation then massive caloric intake.
What is bulimia?
The ratio between lean body mass and fat.
What is body composition?
Form of fat that is derived from plant products and liquid at room temp.
What are unsaturated fats?
What are minerals?
Stimulant that used to found in diet pills and are banned by the NCAA.
What is ephedrine?
Bone, muscle, tendons, and connective tissue.
What is lean tissue?
What is lean body weight?
Single most important substances in the body.
What is water?
Amino Acids that can be made by the body.
What are non-essential amino acids?
This mineral helps with energy and oxygen transport.
What is iron?
This increases the amount of glycogen stored in the body and can help an athlete with muscle endurance.
What is glycogen supercompensation?
Estimated amount of a nutrient per day considered necessary for maintenance of good health.
What is RDA? What is the recommended daily allowance?
Nutrient required for growth, maintenance, and repair of the body. Also helps with enzyme and hormone production.
What are proteins?
Naturally occurring substance produced by the kidneys, pancreas, and liver that helps the body replenish ATP.
What is creatine?
This is the most abundant mineral in the body.
What is calcium?
Calories consumed minus calories expended.
What is the caloric balance?
Regulate body processes.
Supply energy for cells.
What are the three roles of nutrients?