Saturated Fats - Unhealthy fats found in most animal products and tropical oils. With a high proportion of hydrogen atoms, they are solid at room temperature and are converted to cholesterol in the body.
Balanced Diet - one that includes all the essential nutrients in appropriate amounts
Inflammatory Bowel Disease - chronic condition causing inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract
Abductors - muscles of the hip that pull your legs apart. Gluteus medius and minimus pull your legs outward. You use these muscles when inline skating or skiing
Biomechanics - A sub-discipline of kinesiology, biomechanics uses applications and mathematical methods of mechanics to figure out how and why the human body ("bio") moves the way it does.
Bulemia - an eating disorder involving self-induced vomiting to limit calories often following episodic eating binges. Can also involve excessive laxative use and "compulsive exercising". Dangerous because of potential damage to the esophagus and changes in sodium and potassium in the blood
Glucose - a sugar (monosaccharide), sometimes known simply as "sugar"
Quadricep - The group of four muscles in the front of the thigh that run hip to knee. "Quads" for short.
Shin splints - the term for pain in the front of the lower leg. Running or walking on hard surfaces can contribute
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