Antioxidant - substance preventing damage from oxygen
Exchange Lists - Lists of foods with interchangeable nutrient and calorie contents; used in specific forms of diet therapy
Glucose - Is the simplest form of sugar and circulates in the bloodstream to be used by cells as fuel. Glucose is the primary fuel used by the brain and is stored in the liver and muscles as glycogen.
Natural Foods - unchanged; contain no additives
Vitamins - Various organic substances that are essential in minute quantities to the nutrition of most animals and plants. Though we produce some vitamins within our bodies, we need to obtain others via the foods we eat.
Hormones - chemical messenger substances in the body that are released into the blood from one location and that bind to target tissues at other locations and elicit specific responses. Insulin is a hormone
Metabolism - the sum total of all the energy production that goes on in a living cells. The chemical processes that take place within a living cell or organism that break down substances to provide energy
Muscle soreness - What happens when you do too much, too soon, too fast. Usually is worse on second day after the activity and goes away in 3-4 days.
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