Vitamin/Minerals
Fat 411
Hydration
Your Bowels
Sports Trivia
100
This vitamin is produced by the body with sunlight exposure.
What is vitamin D?
100
This is the most unhealthy type of fat and can lower your good cholesterol and increase your bad cholesterol. Another name for this type of fat is hydrogenated oil.
What is trans-fat?
100
This is the chemical name for drinking water.
What is H2O?
100
Bowels that are difficult to pass and less frequent.
What is constipation?
100
This company's logo is the swoosh.
What is Nike?
200
Osteoporosis is caused by a deficiency of this mineral.
What is calcium?
200
Meat, butter, cheese, and coconut and palm kernel oils are examples of this type of fat.
What is saturated fat?
200
This term refers to a loss of >2% of body weight during exercise.
What is dehydration? Even slight dehydration can produce a small but critical shrinkage of the brain, impairing neuromuscular coordination, concentration, and thinking.
200
The part of the gastrointestinal tract where much of the digestion and absorption of food takes place.
What is the small intestine?
200
This sports figure holds the record of being on the cover of Sports Illustrated 47x.
Who is Michael Jordan?
300
This vitamin allows the blood to clot.
What is vitamin K?
300
Canola oil, soy oil, olive oil, sesame oil, avocado, seeds and nuts are examples of this type of fat.
What is unsaturated fat?
300
This type of beverage should only be used in hot weather or during exercise lasting over 1 hour.
What are sports drinks (Gatorade)?
300
This is where water is absorbed from the remaining indigestible food matter and forms a solid mass of feces.
What is the large intestine or the colon?
300
This piece of sporting equipment has 32 black & white panels.
What is a soccer ball?
400
This mineral is an integral part of the hemoglobin molecule, which helps transport oxygen to tissues.
What is iron?
400
This how many calories per gram that fat contributes to the diet.
What is 9 calories per gram?
400
This is how much fluid you should drink per pound lost during exercise.
What is 16-24 oz (2-3 glasses)?
400
DAILY DOUBLE – The letter of the alphabet that represents the perfect shape of feces.
What is "S"?
400
In the 2012 London Olympic Games, Dong Dong, representing China took home the gold medal for this sport?
What is trampoline jumping?
500
Vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin E, and selenium are all examples of this group of micronutrients.
What are antioxidants?
500
This fatty acids can be found in cold water fish, flax seeds, and walnuts.
What are omega-3 fatty acids?
500
This much water is lost simply by breathing in & out.
What is a pint?
Water from the beverages we drink and the foods we eat are needed by the body to regulate body temperature and transport essential nutrients to the body cells. The body is constantly losing water - for example, through breath as we exhale, through the skin as we sweat or perspire, and through urine. This water must be replaced to maintain good health.
500
Tiny, finger-like projections that are found on the lining of the intestinal wall.
What are villi?
500
This is the common term for the tennis ailment “lateral humeral epicondylitis.”
What is tennis elbow?