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Sports Nutrition Fill In the Blank

By Cindy | May 9, 2009

How is Sports Nutrition different from what mom’s need to know?  It’s not.  There are a few more details and more emphasis on performance, but the facts are relevant to anyone that is exercising.  You are an athlete in the making.  How else are you going to keep up with the most energetic beings on earth!  Toddlers, teenagers and any age in between are on the go more than any of us.  So, here we go…See what you know is best for you.

sodium       counterproductive   fat

twenty       blood sugar level     carbohydrate

two           kilogram                 power

low            ten                       ergonomic aids

resistance   protein                  carbohydrate

one             500                     polyunsaturated fatty acids

1. Drink at least ______ cups of fluid 2 to 3 hours before exercise or competition.

2. Replace sweat loses during training and competition every ___ to ___ minutes.

3. Drink 3 cups of fluid for every ___ lb of weight loss.

4. A 6% _______________ solution with water, as found is sports drinks, is ideal from the standpoint of gastric emptying and intestinal absorption for reducing mental and physical fatigue during both stop-and-go sports and endurance sports, for encouraging drinking during physical activity, and for improving performance.

5. Sports performance is related to the ability of the athlete to overcome _______________ and the ability to sustain _______________ output.

6. Clients wishing to increase muscle mass should perform exercises needed to enlarge muscle mass and slightly increase daily caloric intake by _______________ (the max range).

7. An athlete’s strategy to reduce fat mass and maximize muscle mass through diet by dramatically lowering total energy intake is _______________.

8. Athletes should consume between 6 and 10 grams of _______________ per kilogram of body weight.

9. The glycemic index is a measure of how different carbohydrate foods affect the _______________ level.

10. Athletes interested in lowering either weight or body fat levels should consider focusing on foods with medium to _______________ glycemic index.

11. The adult athlete requirement for _______________ is between 1.5 and 2.0 grams per kilogram of body weight.

12. _______________ have a tendency to lower blood cholesterol and contain lots of vitamin E.

13. _______________stay in the stomach longer than other energy nutrients which make us feel fuller longer.

14. The _______________ provided by sports beverages helps to maintain blood volume, a factor that is critical to maintaing sweat rates and performance.

15. Carboyhdrates and water are _______________ that have been shown to improve a person’s capacity to perform better.

As each blank is filled in, someone else can come along and finish off the answers.  A comment an answer.  Let’s see how you do!

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