Essentials of Nutrition for Sports

Quiz Answers

Probably a lot more is not known

about nutrition than is known.

This area is subject to much mythology. All of the twenty T F questions are false or mostly false. The Girl Scout cookie in question has 7 grams of carbohydrate, for 28 calories, and 3 grams of fat, for 27 calories. Of a total 55 calories, 27 calories, or 49% come from fat.

General Nutrition Key Points •^

Eat a variety of whole, unprocessed foods in moderation.

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Eat at least half a dozen servings

of fruits and vegetables daily.

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Control your weight.

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Limit or avoid alcohol.

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Eat a diet relatively high in fiber.

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Eat fewer simple sugars—candy, table sugar, “sweets.”

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Avoid junk food.

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Avoid high-fat and high-cholesterol foods.

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Avoid salty foods (unless you will be sweating quarts).

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Rely on food, not pills.

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Consider a multivitamin/mu

ltimineral supplement.

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There are no absolute rules. Very different diets consumed by different people may have equal

nutritional value and result in

good nutrition. Occasional dietary indiscretions are not important.

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