Using Nutrients To Fuel Activity Flashcards
What are the four components that can be used to generate energy and how much?
Carbs - 4kcal per gram
Protein - 4kcal per gram
Fat - 9kcal per gram
Alcohol - 7kcal per gram
How is energy produced?
By the splitting of a chemical bond in ATP
In a resting muscle, there is enough ATP stored to sustain activity for how long
A few seconds
When the ATP is used, enzymes break down what to replenish the supply of ATP?
Creatine phosphate
During the first 10-12 seconds of exercise, the muscles use the energy stored from what?
ATP & CP
Activity of longer durations requires what for energy ?
The body to replenish ATP from the metabolism of energy yielding nutrients
The production of ATP during most of exercise comes mainly from what?
Broken down carbs and fat
What amount of fuel that muscles use during exercise depends on what?
The type intensity and duration of exercise
Fitness levels and training programme
Diet and nutritional status
The harder and faster a person works and exercise… means they use more of what ?
More carbs then fat.
What type of exercise does protein play a role in for energy?
The last stages of a marathon or long distance cycle race
Make up about 10% of the body’s fuel mixture
As a person continues to exercise aerobically, more of what is used and why?
More fat is used and the body tries to conserve its glycogen stores
What is needed for fat to burn
Never on its own.
Certain substances produced by the breakdown of carbs
A beginner would predominantly use what for exercise and what would an athelete use?
Beginner: use glycogen and a little fat in the first 15-20 mins. After time, they would use fat
Athlete: start using fat after 5-10 mins. Able to keep going for longer before glycogen was depleted
after three or four hours of exercise, what percentage of energy would be coming from glucose released by the liver
75-90
During anarobic activities, the body must produce energy fast with out oxygen help. How does it do this and how long for
To generate sufficient ATP, a lot of glucose from carbs needs to be broken down and the glycogen are diminished.
1-3 mins at the most
During aerobic activities, is the demand for energy slower or faster?
Slower
Why can aerobic exercise be kept up for longer?
Because ATP is produced using oxygen
What can be used to produce energy for aerobic activity and how?
Fats
They can be broken down with oxygen present, the body has a larger store or fat than carbs
What is the maximal shirt bursts of creatine phosphate
Great
What is the maximal shirt bursts for muscle glycogen
Slight
What is the maximal short bursts for liver glycogen and blood glucose
Negligible
What is the maximal short bursts for fat
Negligible
What is the high intensity intermittent for creatine phosphate
Very great