exam 1 sports nutrition Flashcards
DIGESTION & ABSORPTION
Sports Nutrition
EXSS 283
DIGESTIVE PROCESS
Mechanical and chemical breakdown of food
Essential to body’s nourishment
Digestion
absorption
24 to 72 hours in healthy individual
Involuntary process
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BEGINNING OF DIGESTIVE PROCESS
Smell
Taste
Flavors are sensed largely by odor
Salivation
Teeth mechanically breakdown food
Tongue moves and positions food
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DIGESTIVE SECRETIONS
Saliva (mouth)
Breaks down carbohydrates
Salivary Gland
Gastric juice (stomach)
Mixes with food; hydrochloric acid/enzymes degrade proteins
Gastric Glands
Bile
Emulsifies lipid
Liver/ Gallbladder
Intestinal juice (small intestine)
Degrades macronutrients
Intestinal Glands
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ABSORBING NUTRIENTS
Transport of Nutrients Across Cell Membrane
Thousands of chemicals are continually crossing cell’s plasma membrane
Working towards equilibrium
Passive Transport
Substances pass through plasma membrane without energy source
Active Transport
Metabolic energy needed to move through plasma membrane
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PASSIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES
Simple Diffusion
Non-charged particles
Move from high to low concentration
Facilitated Diffusion
Larger; membrane-insoluble chemicals
Move from high to low concentration
Osmosis
Water
Through semipermeable membrane to equalize concentrations
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ACTIVE TRANSPORT PROCESSES
Sodium-Potassium Pump
Move against concentration gradient
Coupled Transport
Two molecules link to create symport
Simultaneously move across membrane
One way only
If passive transport not possible
must use energy (ATP) to move across membrane
BULK TRANSPORT
Movement of large number of macromolecules through membranes via energy-requiring process
Exocytosis
Move from intracellular to extracellular fluid
Hormones
neurotransmitters
Endocytosis
Move from extracellular to intracellular fluid
LDLs
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UNDERSTANDING ANATOMY OF GASTROINTESTINAL SYSTEM
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MOUTH & ESOPHAGUS
Mechanical digestion begins in the mouth
Chewing increases surface area
Tongue moves food to be broken down as well as toward the pharynx for swallowing
Esophagus
25cm tube connecting pharynx to stomach
Two layers of muscle tissue
Peristalsis
Esophageal Sphincter
Muscular valve between esophagus and stomach
Must relax to allow food entry
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STOMACH
Storage tank
Gastric glands secrete hydrochloric acid and juices with powerful digestive enzymes
Food mixes with secretions to form chyme
Very distensible
1-4 hrs to empty
Secretes
intrinsic factor
B12
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SMALL INTESTINE
Continued digestion
Bile 🡪lipids
80% absorption
Folds
Villi
Microvilli
Increases surface area 600x
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SMALL INTESTINE
Intestinal Contractions
Weaker contractions than peristalsis in esophagus and stomach
3-10 hrs to empty small intestine
Segmentation Contractions
Allows mixing to occur
Chyme and digestive juices
LARGE INTESTINE
Final Digestive Structure
Absorbs water & electrolytes
Trillions of bacteria
Ferment any undigested food
Able to synthesize small amounts of vitamin B12
K
During this process gas produced
Releases small amount of mucous
Protects intestinal wall
Binds fecal matter
Rectum
Storage unit for fecal matter before elimination
DIGESTION OF FOOD NUTRIENTS
CARBOHYDRATE DIGESTION & ABSORPTION
Amylase (enzyme breakdown something in digestive)
Salivary – mouth
Starch 🡪 disaccharides
Pancreatic – small intestine
Completes hydrolysis
Brush border enzymes
Maltase
Maltose 🡪 glucose + glucose
Lactase
Lactose 🡪 glucose + galcatose
Sucrase
Sucrose 🡪 glucose + fructose
Absorption
Glucose & galactose: sodium dependent transport
Fructose: Facilitated diffusion
Portal vein to liver for energy
LIPID DIGESTION & ABSORPTION
Lipase
Lingual - mouth
Gastric - stomach
Pancreatic – small intestine
Bile – small intestine
Medium-Chain Fatty Acids
Absorb rapidly into portal vein for transport to liver
Long-Chain Fatty Acids
Enter lymphatic system
3-4 hrs to enter blood
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PROTEIN DIGESTION & ABSORPTION
Initiates digestion in stomach
🡪 polypeptides
Regulated by gastrin
Pepsin
🡪 dipeptides
single
Trypsin
Small intestine to liver
Convert to glucose
Convert to fat
Direct release to blood
Absorption
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WATER ABSORPTION
Continuous absorption and secretion of water along GL tract
Intestinal tract absorbs roughly 9L per day
72 % in proximal portion of small intestine
20% in distal section of small intestine
8% in large intestine
Osmosis
Consumed fluid and food
Saliva
gastric juices
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EFFECTS OF EXERCISE ON GI FUNCTION
Exercise Intensity
Light to moderate exercise (20-60% VO2max)
Increases gastric emptying
Intense exercise (75% + VO2max)
Decrease gastric emptying
Exercise Mode
Type of exercise affect gastric emptying differently
Running vs cycling
Exercise Duration
Limited data
but studies have shown no difference in gastric emptying throughout 2hr exercise
Every person’s body responds differently
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HEALTH
EMOTIONAL STATUS
Brain has big influence on digestive organs
Emotional status affects entire GL tract to some degree
Queasy stomach or cramping before competition
Increases with “big game
” large crowd
Physically Active Lifestyle
Enhances gastric emptying
Reduces likelihood of liver disease
gallstones
However
athletes still do experience GI symptoms
GASTROINTESTINAL CONDITIONS
CONSTIPATION
DIARRHEA
Constipation
Delay in stool motility
Diet high in fat and low in water & fiber
Increase fiber
water
Diarrhea
Loose watery stools
Too fast of movement through large intestine
“Runner’s Trots”
Fluid & electrolyte imbalance
Gastrointestinal Gas
Stomach gas from swallowing air
Eating
drinking
Lower GI Gas (Flatus)
From large intestine bacterial breakdown
Beans
sodas
GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX (GERD)
“Heartburn”
Esophageal sphincter allows backflow
Weightlifting
jumping
Avoid:
Sleeping soon after meals
Exercise post heavy meals
Foods that open sphincter
Alcohol
Onions
Fatty foods
Citrus foods
Coffee
IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME
Bouts of constipation/diarrhea with continuous cromping
Possible Causes:
Increased GI activity from stress
Impaired transit of bowel gas
Altered immune activation
Autonomic dysfunction