Chapter 17

Question 1

True or False: Personal trainers can provide general nutritional advise and prescribe meal plans.

Answer 1

FALSE. Personal trainers can provide general nutritional advise, but cannot prescribe meal plans.

Question 2

Define: Lipids

Answer 2

A group of compounds that include sterols, phospholipids as well as triglycerides (fats and oils).

Question 3

Define: Carbohydrates

Answer 3

A neutral compound made up of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen. Think about starches, sugars, and celluloses. Can usually be used as energy in the human body.

Question 4

Define: Protein

Answer 4

Multiple amino acids linked together by peptide bonds. Help in repairing in building bodily tissue as well as structures. Is involved in the synthesis of enzymes, hormones as well as other regulatory peptides.

Question 5

Define: Calorie

Answer 5

A scientific unit of energy.

Question 6

Define: Kilocalorie

Answer 6

1000 calories. The energy required to increase the temperature of 1 L of water by 1°C. When we say calories in everyday speech, we really mean kilocalories.

Question 7

Define: Nutrition

Answer 7

The process in which we obtain the necessary amount of food for growth and health.

Question 8

What are the 8 essential amino acids?

Answer 8

Phenylalanine, Threonine, Tryptophan, Methionine, Lysine, Valine, Isoleucine, Leucine

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the 8 essential amino acids:

1. Tryptophan
2. Phenylalanine
3. Proliphrine
4. Isoleucine

Answer 9

3. Proliphrine

Question 10

It Is recommended that inactive adults consume approximately _____ g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Answer 10

It Is recommended that _____ consume approximately .8 g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Question 11

It Is recommended that _____ consume between 1.2 and 1.4 g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Answer 11

It Is recommended that athletes consume between _____ and _____ g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Question 12

It Is recommended that strength athletes get between _____ and _____ g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Answer 12

It Is recommended that _____ get between 1.2 and 1.7 g of protein for every kilogram of body weight.

Question 13

It is recommended that adults get approximately _____ g of fiber every day.

Answer 13

It is recommended that adults get approximately _____ g of _____ every day.

Question 14

The minimum recommendation of daily fiber is _____ g per day.

Answer 14

The minimum recommendation of daily _____ is 25 g per day.