Why is a large and rapid excess water intake dangerous for an endurance athlete?
a. The renal system is overwhelmed and cannot excrete enough urine.
b. Water shifts from the extracellular fluid to the intracellular fluid compartments.
c. As a compensatory measure, the body increases the amount of sweat produced.
d. a and b
d
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It is important to keep your intake of cholesterol to 10 percent of daily total calories.
a. true b. false
An important role of the Food Lists for Diabetes system of categorizing foods is to: a. provide food lists for people who want an exact match on all nutrients in a food category. b. provide groupings of foods with similar carbohydrate, fat, protein, and calorie contents. c. calculate the exact number of calories provided by a person's diet
d. have foods available from one group to substitute for foods not liked in another group. e. tell people with diabetes exactly what they can and cannot eat.
Which type of lipid is MOST abundantly found in fatty fish or fish oils?
A. omega-6 fatty acid B. omega-3 fatty acid C. saturated fatty acid D. cholesterol
The technique whereby calipers are used to measure the amount of subcutaneous fat is known as:
a. underwater weighing. b. bioelectric impedance. c. basal measurement. d. skinfold measurement.