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1. Research on fat adaptation was begun many years ago primarily as an attempt to enhance athletic performance by:
A. enhancing strength training for low-weight bodybuilders
B. relying less on blood sugar for energy during endurance events
C. relying less on exogenous carbohydrate intake during endurance events
D. enhancing fat burning during pre-race training
2. A friend you run with asks you what you think about training with a high-fat or high-carbohydrate diet to improve his endurance training. He asks you to give him the scoop on this "in a nutshell." A good answer based on the research and readings for fat and performance would be:
A. Eating a high-fat diet improves endurance training, but it does not mean your body will burn more fat in training
B. Eating a high-fat diet, while in line with the National Cancer Institute guidelines, does not equate to more fat being burned in training
C. Eating a very high-fat diet is easy to do, but it does not equate to more fat being burned in the body during training
D. Eating a high-fat diet increases the amount of fat burned during training, but it is unclear whether this equates to better athletic performance
3. Based on AMDR guidelines, if Joyce is eating 2,000 calories a day, she should not eat less than ________________ grams of fat and _________________ grams of protein in a day.
A. 44; 100
B. 66; 50
C. 44; 50
D. 66; 100
4. Calvin, age 14 and 130#, wants to eat a good snack before his 2-hour basketball practice which starts at 5 pm. At 3 pm, when he gets home to study, you recommend he try the following:
A. A sandwich with 90 grams of carbohydrate and 20 grams of protein
B. A smoothie with 130 grams of carbohydrate and 15 grams of protein
C. A "mini meal" of chicken and broccoli with 50 grams of protein and 50 grams of carbohydrate
D. A smoothie with 70 grams of carbohydrate and 15 grams of protein