Intro week lectures Flashcards
What is sports nutrition about?
Sports nutrition at an individual level people refers to the food athletes and active people use to improve their performance. Sports nutrition can be used to optimize athlete health and wellbeing and performance.
Supplements is probably the largest part and supposedly they offer many health benefits.
Sports nutrition definition
The study and practice of nutrition and diet in relation to athletic performance and is concerned with the quantity and quality of food and nutrients people uptake and is concerned with nutrients and supplements as well as organic substances like carbs , proteins and fats.
Simple factor that is foundation of sports nutrition and several factors that are key to success of sports nutrition
A healthy, balanced diet is the key foundation and convenience, sufficient fueling and timing played an important role.
Controversial topic areas in sports nutrition?
Controversial topics include: keto diet, high protein diet, hydration, veganism etc. Sports nutrition is equal in importance to medical services e.g. physiotherapy
What fuel do we mainly use as an energy source at low intensity exercise?
Fats
Do vitamins improve performance if already having a balanced diet?
No they should have no effect/ added benefit.
Why is important for athletes to drink plenty of water?
It helps to keep their blood plasma volume stable.
Before competition athletes should consume food high in?
Fluids and high carbs.
After a resistance training session how much protein should an athlete consume?
0.3 g/kg - around 15-25 g
Do supplement labels tell the truth always and can vegetarian athletes meet their protein demand without supplementation?
Supplement labels do not always tell the truth and vegetarian athletes can often meet their protein demands without additional supplementation.
