NS 1410 exam with correct answers
Which Ergogenic aids are used to increase energy levels and optimize fuel? ✔️✔️Caffeine,
Ephedrine, Carnitine, Chromium
What do Anabolic steroids do? ✔️✔️Testosterone based, effective in increasing muscle size,
strength, power, and speed.
What does DHEA do? ✔️✔️Precursor of testosterone, claim that taking them will increase
testosterone levels and muscle strength
What does GHB do? ✔️✔️Promoted as alternative to anabolic steroids
What does Creatine do? ✔️✔️Found in meat, fish and stored in our muscles.
Hypothesized that more creatine is available to replenish ATP prolong the ability to train,
preform in short-term, explosive activities.
What does Caffeine do? ✔️✔️Increases the use of fat as fuel which spares glycogen
What does Ephedrine do? ✔️✔️Marketed as a weight loss supplement and energy enhancer,
weight loss only documented in sedentary women not in athletes
, What does Carnitine do? ✔️✔️Helps shuttle fatty acids into the mitochondria to be used for
energy
In theory it is proposed that exercise training depletes our cells of carnitine- supplementation
should increase the carnitine in our cell membranes so we can improve the use of fat as a fuel
source
What does Chromium do? ✔️✔️Trace mineral that enhances insulin's action of increasing the
transport of amino acids into the cell
Marketed as a fat burner, bc it "stimulates the brain to decrease food intake"
What is an eating disorder? ✔️✔️Psychiatric condition involving extreme body dissatisfaction
and long-term eating body patterns harming the body
What are the family characteristics for anorexia? ✔️✔️Have a more rigid family structure
What are the family characteristics for bulimia? ✔️✔️Less stable family organization
What are the health risks for Anorexia Nervosa? ✔️✔️Electrolyte imbalance, Cardiovascular
problems, Gastrointestinal problems, Bone problems
Which Ergogenic aids are used to increase energy levels and optimize fuel? ✔️✔️Caffeine,
Ephedrine, Carnitine, Chromium
What do Anabolic steroids do? ✔️✔️Testosterone based, effective in increasing muscle size,
strength, power, and speed.
What does DHEA do? ✔️✔️Precursor of testosterone, claim that taking them will increase
testosterone levels and muscle strength
What does GHB do? ✔️✔️Promoted as alternative to anabolic steroids
What does Creatine do? ✔️✔️Found in meat, fish and stored in our muscles.
Hypothesized that more creatine is available to replenish ATP prolong the ability to train,
preform in short-term, explosive activities.
What does Caffeine do? ✔️✔️Increases the use of fat as fuel which spares glycogen
What does Ephedrine do? ✔️✔️Marketed as a weight loss supplement and energy enhancer,
weight loss only documented in sedentary women not in athletes
, What does Carnitine do? ✔️✔️Helps shuttle fatty acids into the mitochondria to be used for
energy
In theory it is proposed that exercise training depletes our cells of carnitine- supplementation
should increase the carnitine in our cell membranes so we can improve the use of fat as a fuel
source
What does Chromium do? ✔️✔️Trace mineral that enhances insulin's action of increasing the
transport of amino acids into the cell
Marketed as a fat burner, bc it "stimulates the brain to decrease food intake"
What is an eating disorder? ✔️✔️Psychiatric condition involving extreme body dissatisfaction
and long-term eating body patterns harming the body
What are the family characteristics for anorexia? ✔️✔️Have a more rigid family structure
What are the family characteristics for bulimia? ✔️✔️Less stable family organization
What are the health risks for Anorexia Nervosa? ✔️✔️Electrolyte imbalance, Cardiovascular
problems, Gastrointestinal problems, Bone problems
