2. What You Will Do
Apply sound nutritional practices to physical activity and performance.
Analyze the effects of performance-enhancing supplements on health and physical performance.

3. Terms to Know
pre-event meal
ephedrine
creatine
androstenedione

4. Food for Performance Fitness
There are two key factors to achieving high performance fitness levels:
Appropriate physical training
Eating wisely

5. Food for Performance Fitness
Pre-event meal
The last full meal consumed prior to a practice session or the competitive event itself.
Term to Know
Proper sports nutrition begins before the competitive event with the pre-event meal.
The pre-event meal should consist primarily of foods high in complex carbohydrates.

6. Food for Performance Fitness
When participating in day-long events it is important to eat at intervals to renew energy and rehydrate throughout the day.
Choose foods that have complex carbohydrates. Drink plenty of fluids to replace those lost through perspiration.

7. Food for Performance Fitness
Following a high-intensity workout or competition, you need to eat foods that will promote restoration.

8. Food for Performance Fitness
There are three phases to post-event eating:
Phase 1: Drink Fluids
Phase 2: Have a Snack
Phase 3: Eat a Meal

9. Risks of Supplements
Ephedrine
A compound that increases the rate at which the body converts calories to energy.
Term to Know
Ephedrine may lead to heat-related injury, heart problems, and even death.

10. Risks of Supplements
Creatine
A supplement that increases muscle size while enhancing the body’s ability to use protein.
Term to Know
Creatine is especially risky for teens because the long-term effects on growth and development are unknown.

11. A chemical agent that aids the body in its production of testosterone.
Risks of Supplements
Androstenedione
A chemical agent that aids the body in its production of testosterone.
Term to Know
Androstenedione has serious health risks. Its use may increase the risk of heart disease.

12. Vocabulary What is a pre-event meal?
Lesson 4 Review
Reviewing Facts and Vocabulary
2. Recall
Post-event phases are: drink fluids, have a snack, eat a meal.
1. Vocabulary
The pre-event meal is the last full meal consumed before a practice session or the competitive event itself.
Vocabulary What is a pre-event meal?
Recall Describe the three phases of post-event restoration through food.

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