Nutritional aids?

Question 1

What does bicarbonate do?

Answer 1

Helps get rid of acid in the muscles, decrease fatigue and enchancr performance. Good for distant runners
binds with hydrogen converts to lactic acid into c02 and water breathed out
buffering of lactic acid- delays obla
work at higher intensity
binds wit hydrogen ion

Question 2

what does nitrate do?

Answer 2

Reduces resting blood pressure, reduces oxygen cost of exercise. Increases levels of nitric oxides in the body, promotes vasodilation of capillaries and arterioles meaning greater amount of oxygen to be delivered to muscles. Good for aerobic based

Question 3

What does caffeine do?

Answer 3

Lower the effort of the activity, burn more fat during exercise. Resisting fatigue more. Increases heat production to help burn calories. useful in fine skills like gymnastics, changes utilisation in exercise. use of fat metabolic,, useful for endurance performers, where they try to limit use of glycogen . Helps concentration
higher aerobic capacity as better fat metabolism
persevering glycogen as neutralising fats

Question 4

What does creatine do?

Answer 4

Elevates the store of phosphocreatine in the muscle and resynthesising it again, extends the time the body can rely on ATP-PC as an energy source, fatigue during short duration and maximum intensity (good for 100-800m) runners who want a good sprint finish
can be from meat and fish
form of monohydrate

Question 5

what are the problems with creatine?

Answer 5

Increased weight gain

water retention

Question 6

what are the problems with bicarbonate?

Answer 6

Increased citify in tummy

not pleasant

Question 7

what are the problems with caffeine?

Answer 7

Insomnia

increased bloat/water retenion

Question 8

what are the positives of nitrate?

Answer 8

inorganic compounds, root vegatables nitric oxide increases oxygen intensity
vascular shunt better

Question 9

what are the negatives of nitrate?

Answer 9

dizziness, not pelaaant