Diet

Question 1

Micronutrients

Answer 1

Parts of your food that you need for normal growth, but only in small amounts - what we usually call minerals and vitamins.

Question 2

Macronutrients

Answer 2

The types of food that you need in large amounts of your diet: carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

Question 3

Carbohydrates

Answer 3

• Provide quick energy.
• 60% of an athletes diet.
• Break down to glucose to provide fast-release energy.
• Athletes will carb load in preparation for an event.

Question 4

Complex Carbohydrates (Starch)

Answer 4

Long lasting energy source. Found in natural foods, bananas and wholemeal bread.

Question 5

Simple Carbohydrates (Sugar)

Answer 5

Quick releasing energy source. Found in natural forms in fruit and vegetables and in refined form such as confectionary.

Question 6

Dehydration

Answer 6

Loss of water and salts essential for normal body function.

Question 7

Hydrate

Answer 7

Take on water.

Question 8

Metabolic Rate

Answer 8

Rate at which metabolic processes take place, the rate at which the body uses energy.

Question 9

Hydration

Answer 9

The body has the correct amount of water in cells, tissues and organs to function correctly.
Men = 2.5L a day of water
Women = 2L a day of water

Question 10

Diuretic

Answer 10

Making you produce more urine.

Question 11

Proteins

Answer 11

• Builds and repairs muscle.
• 15 of an athletes diet.
• More of it used after an event to aid recovery.
• Sprinters require protein, anaerobic.

Question 12

Water

Answer 12

• Helps to maintain hydration levels.
• Prevents dehydration
• Drinking too much water causes hypernatremia which can be fatal as salt and sodium levels can become too low.

Question 13

Fibre

Answer 13

• Is indigestible and helps avoid constipation.
• Aids healthy digestion.
• Helps maintain body weight.

Question 14

Minerals

Answer 14

• Help to break down energy from food.
• Required to help intensive training and competition.
• Calcium strengthens bones.
• Iodine is needed for energy production.
• Iron prevents fatigue.

Question 15

Vitamins

Answer 15

Required to help the body function and aid concentration.

Question 16

Fats

Answer 16

• Too much saturated fat can cause heart disease.
• Unsaturated fats are beneficial to health.
• Source of slow releasing energy.
• 25% of an athlete’s diet.
• For aerobic exercise.
• MICRONUTRIENT.