NASM CPT Chapter 18

Question 1

**What can be used to improve the nutrition of a client w/ an unhealthy diet?

Answer 1

The dietary supplement.

Question 2

**Dietary supplement:

Answer 2

A substance that completes or makes an addition or daily dietary intake.

Question 3

Potential effects of excess intake of Vitamin A:

Answer 3

Liver damage, bone and joint pain, dry skin, loss of hair, headache, vomiting.

Question 4

**For best absorption, it is preferable to consume calcium with meals and _______________day.

Answer 4

Spaced throughout the day.

Question 5

**What vitamin/supplement has the greatest potential for excess dosage?

Answer 5

Vitamin A.

Question 6

Ergogenic:

Answer 6

Literally means work generating. Something that enhances athletic performance.

Question 7

IF a dietary supplement contains 100% of daily value, it contains an amt of vitamin A that is more than ______ the RDA for women.

Answer 7

Twice.

Question 8

Prohormone Dehydroepiandrotesterone (DHEA)

Answer 8

Produced naturally in the body.

Question 9

Androgenic Anabolic Steroids:

Answer 9

Injecting testosterone into body.