Nutrition and Sports Performance

What is nutrition?
What is diet?
The process by which living organisms obtain food and use it for growth, metabolism and repair.
A diet that contains adequate amounts of all the necessary nutrients required for a living organism for growth and activity.
What is Micronutrients?
Types of food which is required in trace amounts by living organism which is needed for the human diet.
What is Macronutrients?
Types of food which is required in relatively large amount’s by living organism which is needed for the human diet.
What is Carbohydrates?
What is health?
Is a large group of organic compounds occurring in foods which include sugars, starch and cellulose. It is broken down to release energy in the body.
Is the state of being free from illness or injury.
What is protein?
Is a large dietary component which has long chains of amino acids and essential part of living organisms. Examples foods of protein are fish.
What is Fat?
Fat is a nutrient, it is crucial for body function it supplies living organisms with energy and makes it possible for other nutrients to do their jobs, e.g. of fats are fish, oil and lard. There are two types of fats which are saturated and unsaturated.
What is Fibre?
Is naturally found in plant-based foods such as whole grains, vegetables and they play an integral role in the digestive system where there are two types which are soluble and insoluble fibre.
