PED 291 - Physiology of Exercise

Test Review #1

1. Lipids should not exceed ______% of total caloric intake.
2. How many amino acids do we require and how many are essential?
3. What is a complete and incomplete protein?
4. What does the RDA represent?
5. The reconversion of glycogen occurs via the process of ________________.
6. How many calories of energy are in a gram of fat?
7. Where do you find saturated fatty acids?
8. Which of these are rich sources of saturated fatty acids: chocolate, corn oil, and or palm oil?
9. Name the insulin antagonist.
10. The process of synthesizing glucose from other nutrients is termed ___________.
11. Sucrose is a disaccharide and it forms from the union of ______ and ______.
12. What ways can glucose be utilized in the body?
13. Does carbohydrate loading temporarily increase muscle size?
14. During exercise what kinds of saccharide should we ingest?
15. Does our body make cholesterol?
16. What happens if we don't receive adequate carbohydrate intake?
17. What is deamination?
18. What is maltose?
19. What is linoleic acid?
20. Know the term anabolism.
21. How much energy does the Alanine-glucose cycle account for after 2 hours of activity?
22. What happens to our body if we take in to much protein?
23. What % carbohydrate should a physically active person take in?
24. Know the term simple sugars.
25. What is the sweetest monosaccharides
26. What is Alanine?
27. How does a triglyceride molecule form?
28. What are lipoproteins?
29. What fiber has a lowering effect on LDL cholesterol?
30. When something breaks down with the help of water, this is called _______________.
31. What is the most complete protein?
32. ____________ breaks down fat into smaller chunks so digestion can occur.
33. Saturated fat is filled with _____________.
34. Naturally occuring fiber in foods is _______ fiber.
35. How much fiber do we need per day?
36. What is a polysaccharide?
37. The only sugar that fuels the brain is _______.
38. If your workout is 30 minutes to an hour in length, ___________ is fine for the transportation of nutrients.
39. The most important sugars in nutrition are:
40. Phosphorous is a _____________________.
41. Which are the best vitamins to buy?
42. A precursor to vitamin A is ______________.
43. If you are thirsty you have reached ____________.
44. The most abundant mineral in the body is _______________.
45. how do you preserve water soluble vitamins when cooking?
46. A water loss of _______ is life threatening.
47. What vitamin do you get from sunlight?
48. Beta carotene foods are what color?
49. Non heme comes from ______ products.
50. What is insensible perspiration?
51. When your body temp goes up it means what?
52. What is the value of iron?
53. What is the value of vitamin supplementation?
54. Water makes up ________ % of body mass.
55. Know the fat soluble vitamins.
56. What is antioxidant?
57. What is the difference between heat stress and heat exhaustion?
58. What is the functions of electrolytes?
59. How do you promote bone growth?
60. What is anemia?
61. What is metabolic water?
62. Where is the majority of our water stored in the body?
63. The ______ is the body's major organ for nitrogen elimination.
64. This atom, _________, distinguishes protein from the other macronutrients.
65. What the protein RDA for adults?
66. What is gluconeogenesis?
67. What is cholesterol?
68. Where is glycogen stored?
69. Daily cholesterol intake should not exceed ________.
70. 2 forms of plant polysaccharide are: