Exam Flashcards
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What Factors influence your diet?
Food preferences, availability, convenience, cost, culture/ religion, and overall health
Function of Carbohydrates
the primary energy source for all cells in the body, the sole source of energy for brain function, includes fibers vitamins, and minerals
Function of Fats
Facilitates absorption of fat-sol;uble vitamins, production of hormones
Function of protein
building block for all tissues, production of hormones and enzymes
Reasons to change your diet (5)
Fat loss, muscle gain, exercise performance, nutrient deficiency, overall health
Ways to expend energy
Basal metabolic rate, exercise activity, non-exercise activity, thermic effect of food
Def: Neutral Energy Balance
When energy in = energy out
Def: Positive Energy Balance
Energy in is greater than energy out (caloric surplus)
Def: Negative Energy balance
energy in is less than energy out (caloric deficit)
Ketogenic Diet
Mostly fats low carbs
Whole 30
Eat vegetables, fruit, nuts, oils, seeds, seafood and meat, dont eat grains, dairy, sugar, legumes and processed food
Intermittent fasting
Fast for a certain period of time and then eat for a certain period of time
Macro Tracking
Track what you are consuming
How to preserve muscle while losing fat
Adequate dietary protein (1.4g/kg), resistance training and appropriate rate of weight loss
How to assess effectiveness of a diet
is it practical, flexible, sustainable, working. Need to strategize, implement, evaluate and assess constantly
Factors effecting protein quality
Digestibility and amino acid composition
Def: Digestibility
The ability to digest and absorb the protein in a given food
Digestibility of Animal Protein
90-99%
Digestibility of soy and legume protein
less than 90%
digestibility of plant protein
70-80%
Def: Complete protein sources
Protein sources that contain all essential amino acids
Complete protein sources examples
all animal based proteins, quinoa, soy and whey
What does PDCAAS stand for?
Protein digestibility-corrected amino acid score
What is PDCAAS?
scale of protein quality that goes from 0 to 100