Aging - The general deterioration of the body with increasing age.
Antioxidants - In the form of vitamin and mineral supplements, antioxidants help counteract the effects of free radicals on cells and repair cellular damage. Antioxidants protect cells by sacrificing electrons to prevent free radicals from stealing electrons from healthy cells.
Convenience Food - food that has been partially prepared commercially and consequently is quickly and easily prepared at home
Hypoglycemia - subnormal levels of sugars in the blood
Amino acid score - a measure of the actual amounts of individual amino acids in a food, or in the diet relative to the need for the amino acid. Does not evaluate whether the protein is digestible
Diabetes Type 1 (insulin dependent diabetes) - occurs when the pancreas does not produce insulin at all leading to elevated blood glucose
Latisimus dorsi or "lats" - the pair of fan- shaped muscles across your middle and lower back that attach the arms to the spine. They work to pull your arms down and back
Perceived exertion - the level of intensity you feel your body is exerting during exercise on a scale of 0 - 10. An unscientific way of staying within your target heart rate zone
Urine - Should be pale and odorless. If it's bright yellow or pungent, you are dehydrated.
Waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) - the ratio of a person's waist circumference (measured at the umbilicus) to hip circumference (measured where the hips are the widest)
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