Precision Nutrition Exam Questions And Correct Answers
The best trainers are characterized by
his ability to find the limiting factors in their client's progress and eliminates them
Good nutrition :
Controls energy balance ; improves nutrient density achieves the interlocking goals of
good health improved performance and optimal body composition
The scope of practice for the trainer does not include
The scope of practice for the trainer does not involve providing nutrition prescriptions
for certain health conditions, especially medical nutrition therapy.
The trillions of cells that comprise the human body work together to form tissues,
organs, and what most people refer to as metabolism organ systems. The total of all of
the activities taking place in these systems is
Metabolism
The food we eat interacts with chemical reactions determines place in our cells. This
interaction determines our
Health
Food affects our health in four ways:
It provides energy
Provides metabolic co-factors
it's incorporated into body structures
influences hormones
--- which reside in our cells, convert food into ATP and make proteins
organelles
Our genetic information directs --- making signals. our food can affect the signals as
well as the --- of the --- that are made
protein
quality, proteins
,-- and -- are compounds needed for all cellular reactions within the body. catalyze
reactions
enzymes, co-enzymes
Humans consume -- not --. our physiological response unique mix of nutrients within that
food
humans eat food, not nutrients.
When food is ingested the --- --- will remove major nutrients from them while absorbing
necessary micronutrients and serve as a barrier to --- ---
gastrointestinal tract
to pathogenic microorganisms
The digestive system starts at the --- and ends at the ---. Throughout this ___-foot
muscular canal, --- secretions from the stomach and --- secretions from the intestines
combine with contractions to break our food into smaller pieces while breaking
molecules into simple molecules
mouth, anus
25-foot canal
acidic secretions from the stomach
alkaline from intestines
Digestive function is regulated by the
nervous and endocrine systems
Although nutrients can appear in the bloodstream within minutes of ingestion, when
eating a next meal it typically takes ------- for blood levels of the nutrients to peak and
then begin the return to baseline
a few hours
The digestive process can take ------- from mouth to anus
18 to 72 hours
After digestion occurs, --- must make their way into --- to be useful
nutrients
, cells
For nutrient absorption to take place, substances must move across the --- --- ---by one
of 3 mechanisms: passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion or --- ---
gastrointestinal body barrier
active transport
Most nutrients (except for ---) circulate directly to the --- where they are screened and
approved for entry into the --- ---
fats
liver
systemic circulation
If nutrients get past the --- they are sent to tissues of the body including the: ---, ---, ---.
Most nutrients are --- ---except for fats which are bound to ---
liver
brain muscles and tissues
freefloating
Lipoproteins
A healthy --- --- is necessary for optimal digestion absorption and --- delivery
gastrointestinal tract
nutrient
the energy currency of our cells
ATP
ATP energy is made available to perform cellular work when the -- -- bond is broken
adenosine phosphate
When the energy in ATP is released ADP and P must be recycled by -------so that
additional work can be performed. Body only stores a small amount of ATP, so it must be
constantly recycled, with the help of ------nutrients like carbohydrates and fats and
proteins
recycled
small
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