balanced diet
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- Balanced diet
- classes of food
- carbohydrates
- Simple: fruit and processed food. release a high amount of energy quickly
- complex: found in plant based food take longer to digest/release energy slower EG. pasta
- vitamins
- muscle and nerve functioning, tissue growth and release energy from food
- minerals
- help the nerve impulses/ allow effective muscle contraction
- proteins
- for tissue growth and repair EG. eggs
- fibre
- slower sustained release of energy EG. wholemeal bread
- fats
- secondary energy source for low intensity exercise EG. butter
- water
- helps control body temperature. 60% of a humans body weight
- carbohydrates
- what is a balanced diet?
- a diet with a combination of all 7 groups required for health, growth and repair.
- Athletes diets
- endurance athlete
- increased amounts of carbs/ fats
- marathon runner
- power athlete
- increased protein and carbs
- weight lifter
- endurance athlete
- measures of nutritional suitability
- body composition
- the proportion of body fat to lean body tissue
- Body mass Index (BMI)
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- classes of food
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