ACE NOTES Series 10

1. What are probiotics?

Bacterial cultures that promote the metabolic activity of good bacteria while inhibiting the growth of bad of illness causing bacteria. They have been found to be helpful in the treatment of various gastrointestinal disorders.

2. What are some guidelines for fluid replacement?

2 hours prior to exercise drink 500-600 ml (17-20 oz)

Every 10-20 min during exercise drink 200-300 ml (7-10oz)

Following exercise drink 450-675 Ml for every 0.5 kg body weight lost

3. What is HDL?

High density lipoprotein, that contains more protein than cholesterol, labeled good cholesterol because it removes excess cholestroll from the body.

4. What is hypoglycemia?

A deficiency of sugar in the blood causes by too much insulin, too little glucose, or too much exercise in the insulin-dependent diatbetic, symptoms include dizziness, lightheadedness, and unsteadiness

5. What is the energy-balance theory?

The principle that body weight will stay the same when caloric intake equals caloric expenditure and that a positive or negative energy balance will cause eweight gain or weight loss.

6. What is the difference between saturated, monosatured, and polyunsaturated fats?

Saturted fatty acid- A fatty acid that carries the max possible number of hydrogen atoms leaving no point of unsaturation.

Monounsaturated- A glycerol molecule with one fatty acid attached.

Polyunsaturated- refers to a triglyceride in which two or more carbons have double bonds.

7. What are the necessary compoenents of a health history form?

Demographic info, past present exercise history, health risk factors, meds, recent of current illness and injuries, surgery, and family med history.

8. What is atherosclerosis?

A process in which fatty deposists of cholestestrol and calcium accumulate on the walls of the arteries, causing them to harden, thicken, and lose elasticity,

9. What has ACSM identified as factors that increase the risk for coronary artery disease?

Family history, cigarette smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemis, impaired fasting glucose, obesity, sedentary lifestyle.

10. What is the purpose of a physical evaluation?

To identify unknown conditions and establish a baseline.