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Nutrition for Performance

Chapter 1:Nutrients

Chapter 1:Nutrients


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Nutrition

Total processes of ingestion, digestion, absorption, and metabolism of food and the subsequent assimilation of nutrient material into the tissues. 

Nutrient

substance found in food that performs one or more specific functions in the body

Six Different Categories of Nutrients

Carbs

Fats

Proteins

Vitamins

Minerals 

Water

 

Functions of Nutrients

1. Promotion of growth and development: Mainly performed by proteins.

2. Provision of energy: predominately performed by carbs and fats

3. Regulation of metabolism: nutrients used in this function are vitamins, mineral, and protein

Phosphorylase

breaks down carbohydrates stores in liver and muscles

Hemoglobin

another important protein found in erythrocytes. Oxygen carrier

Erythrocytes

Essential for transport of oxygen from lungs to the tissues, and hemoglobin acts as an oxygen carrier

Macronutrients

nutrients for which the daily intake is more than a few grams