Fuel Sources and Energy metabolism (lecture three) Flashcards
What is the equation of work?
w = f.d
What is the equation of energy?
E = w/t
What does energy provide?
The capacity to do work (mechanical work)
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy is neither created nor destroyed only transfered
What is sports nutrition about?
Transferring the energy of food into work
What is efficiency?
How much energy available is transformed into work
Define gross efficiency:
Work accomplished / energy expended . 100
How efficient is a human?
20-30% efficient
What happens to the rest of the energy that is not converted to mechanical work?
The energy becomes heat energy and is convected, conducted, radiated or evaporated away from the body
What is economy in terms of sports science?
Economy takes into account the quantity of oxygen consumed.
A more adapted person e.g a runner, has physiological changes i.e skeletal reconstruction that improves their economy.
Define Energy Expenditure
EE = Energy expended per a unit time.
What units can EE be expressed as?
Kilocalories or Kilojoules
Whats a calorie?
Amount of Energy required to raise 1g of water by 1 degrees
Whats a joule?
The amount of energy required to move 1g at 1ms
What is the ration of cal to joules?
1 cal = 4.186 J
When quantifying energy, what magnitude do we normally use?
Kcal or Kj
As cal and joules are very small units
How is the energy of a food quantified?
Direct Calorimetry using a bomb calorimeter .
I.e combusting things and measuring the change in water temperature for its given weight.
How would you measure human calorie expenditure?
Indirect calorimetry
What are the methods for determining the contribution of nutrients to a food item.
Determine the calories.
cal = 4% PRO + 9%FAT + 4%CHO
When considering nutritional intake, what are some further considerations as to the quantity of energy needed?
Physiological energy estimates are overestimated b/c
- Different fuel sources have different efficiency in use
- Absorption across the gut varies by nutrient
- Some food sources contain larger quantities of micro nutrients that should be considered - i.e it could give calorific value than is the case. or doesnt have 494 distribution
What else must be taken into consideration when determining calorific values?
Different carbohydrate atom arrangement produce different quantities of energy.
AS does fatty acid tail length.
Also nitrogen content of amino acids in proteins.
Define energy metabolism:
Storage forms of energy are converted to ATP
How long is the storage of ATP able to provide muscle contraction for?
2 seconds of force contraction would use all stored ATP