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  • There are 45 nutrients needed for your body(obtained from food, and the main ones are:
    • Protein
    • Carb
    • fat
    • Water
    • Vitamins
    • Minerals
  • Macronutrients:
    Portent, fat, carb, and water (large amounts)
    Micronutrients:
    Vitamins and minerals(small amounts) 
  • Protein:
    From part of the muscle, bone, blood, enzymes, hormones, and cell membrane 
    Equation:
    Eq: .36 x body weight 
  • Types of Fatty acids:
    Trans(most health problems), Saturated(Dont want in high numbers, Monounsaturated(Avocodo and nuts - Healthiest)
  • Carbohydrates:
    -Supply energy for body cells 
    • Athletes can benefit from high-carbohydrate diets (they need more energy)
  • Fiber:
    Dietary fiber: Nondigestible carb that is present naturally
    • All plant food
    • intake: Foods, not supplements
    • It can build up and cause gas
  • Vitamins:
    are organic (carbon-containing) substances required in small amounts to regulate various processes within living cells
    F: Help unleash energy, produce red blood cells, immune system
    Source:
    • Fruits, grains, vegetables
    • The human body doesn't manufacture most vitamins
  • Minerals:
    inorganic (non-carbon-containing) elements you need in relatively small amounts to help regulate body functions.
    Affects: 
    • Iron deficiency anemia 
    • Osteoporosis
    • Low potassium: high blood pressure, heart disease 
  • Water:
    • The human body is 50-60% water
    • 50 days without food, but a few day without water 
    • Water is used in the digestion and absorption of food
    Men:13 cups
    Women:9 cups 
  • Daily Value:
    Daily values: The US Food and Drug Administration uses food labels
    Based on a 2000 calories diet 
  • MyPlate:
    -USDA’s: shows how to use the five food groups at each meal
  • Vegetarians:
    • Vegans-only plants
    • Lacto-Vegetarians and dairy
    • Lacto-ovo-vegetarian plant & dairy &eggs
    • Partial vegetarians-differ per preference 
  • Foodborne illness(Raw food is most common):
    Food safety principles:
    • Clean hands, food, and contact surface
    • Separate raw, cooked, and ready-to-eat foods shopping, storing, and preparing
    • Cooks foods safe temp(Meat:165)
    • Chill perishable foods 
  • Additives in food:
    • Foods last longer, appear fresh, add taste
    • Widely used: sugar, salt, and corn syrup 
  • Genetically modified food:
    • increased disease resistance, better nutritional content, lower prices, and less pesticide use 
    • No risk to human health 
  • Food allergies:
    Due to:
    • Cow’s milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, wheat, fish, and shellfish > 2023: sesame (9th)
    • Cause: Metabolism
  • Physical Fitness:
     the body's ability to respond or adapt to the demands and stress of physical effort
  • 5 components of health-related fitness:
    • Cardiorespiratory endurance: the ability to perform prolonged, large muscle, dynamic exercise at moderate-high intensity
    • Muscular strength: The amount of force a muscle can produce with a single maximum effort 
    • Muscular endurance: the ability to resist fatigue and satisfy a given level of muscle tension 
    • Flexibility: the ability of joints to move through their full range of motions
    • Body composition: The proportion of fat and fat-free mass(Muscle, bone, and water in the body
  • Skill Related components of fitness:
    speed, power, agility, balance coordination, reaction time 
  • Guidelines for weekly exercise:
    • At least 150min of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity, 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic activity
    • Adules+ Muscle strengthening activities of moderate or high intensity that involve all major muscle groups 2 or more days a week
    • Avoid inactivity 
  • Disease prevention and management:
    -Exercise specifically lowers the risk of:
    -Conorary heart disease
    -Stroke
    -Regular physical activity also reduces the risk of:
    -Cancer
    -Type 2 diabetes 
  • Benefits of exercise:
    -imporve Cardorepiratorty functions
    -Improve body composition
    -Improve physiological and emotional well-being
    -Improve prevention of injured and low-back pain
    -improve Wellness for life
  • Designing an exercise program:
    Best exercise program:
    • Promotes health
    • Fun to do
    Start slow 
  • Medical Clearance
    The first step to exercising:
    • Diabetes, asthma, heart disease, and extreme obesity are conditions that may call for a modified program 
  • FITT-VP:
    Frequency: 
    3 to 5 times a week
    Intensity:
    Increased maximal oxygen consumptions(VO 2max)
    Time:
    20 to 60min per workout 
    Type:
    Stress a large portion of the body's muscle mass for a prolonged period 
    Volume activity:
    150 minutes per week of moderate-intensity activity 
    Progression:
    The rate depends on goals, fitness, health, age
    Warm and cool down
  • Muscular strength and endurance:
    Work all major muscle groups:
    Freq: At least 2 nonconsecutive days a week
    In, time, volume, and progression:
    • Do enough to fatigue your muscle
    • Progress slows as you become more fit 
  • Getting started:
    electing:
    • Finding help
    • Selecting equipment
    • Choosing a fitness center 
    Eating and drinking for exercise:
    • Mantain balanced diet
    Drink water before and during exercise 
  • Psychological and emotional wellness from physical activity:
    -Reduced anxiety + depression
    -Improved sleep
    -Reduced stress
    -Enhanced self-esteem, self-confidence, and self-efficacy
  • Types of stretching(2-3times per week):
    • Static stretching
    • Dynamic stretching
    • Ballistic stretching
  • Preventing and managing injuries:
    4 basic guidelines: 
    • Stay in conditions
    • Warm up thoroughly before exercising.
    • Do not when ill
    • Use proper equipment
  • Managing your fitness:
    Start slow then gradually increase weight and duration
  • Body fat:
    -Necessary for body function *3-5% in men + 8-12% in women
  • BMI equation:
    • Weight in ponds/Heigh^2   X703
  • Overweight health risk:
    Heart disease:
    -Hypertension
    -Unhealthy level of cholesterol
    -Impaired heart function 
  • Overweight/Obesity:
    • Overweight: Total body weight above the recommended range for good health 
    • Obesity: A more serious definition of overweight
  • Measure the right body weight:
    • Body weight and body shape are influenced by heredity
    • Lifestyle change
  • Body composition:
    Fat-free mass
    • bOne, water, muscle, organ tissue, teeth, connective tissue,
  • Low levels of body fat
    • Threat to wellness
    • Reproductive
    • Circulatory
    • Immune system disorder 
    • likely to suffer from dangerous eating disorders 
  • Factors contributing to excess body fat
    • Genetic factors
    • Physical factors
    • Metabolism
    • Lifestyle factor
    • Psychological factors
    • Food: Coping with stress and negative emotions
    • Obesity: socioeconomic status foods with your family and culture 
  • Adopting a healthy lifestyle
    • Dietary patterns and eating habits
    • Pay attention to portion sizes
    • Eat regular, balanced meals 
    • Physical activity and exercise
    • Enhance mood and sleep
    • Thinking and emotions 
    • Weight problems = Low self-esteem and negative emotions 
    • Coping strategies 
    • Develop appropriate coping strategies