Lesson 5: acts and Fallacies on Health, Fitness, and Exercise

Skipping Meals and Weight Loss

The lesson states that skipping meals causes the body to slow down its metabolism, making it harder to shift weight and change the system into starvation mode.

Metabolism

The rate at which you burn calories.

Several Small Meals

The lesson states that you will lose weight more efficiently if you eat several small meals a day rather than one or two large ones.

Nutrition

Eating a healthy, balanced diet is an important part of maintaining good health and can help you feel your best.

Healthy Balanced Diet

Eating a wide variety of foods in the right proportions and consuming the right amount of food and drink to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight.

Nutrition Study

The study of nutrients in food, how the body uses them, and the relationship between diet, health, and disease.

Macronutrients

A category presented in the lesson that includes carbohydrates, proteins, and fat.

Carbohydrates

Sugar molecules that provide a ready source of energy for the body.

Proteins

Large, complex molecules that play many critical roles in the body, do most of the work in cells, and are required for the structure, function, and regulation of body tissues and organs.

Fat

A source of essential fatty acids that the body cannot make itself; fat helps the body absorb vitamins A, D, and E.

Essential Fatty Acids

Fatty acids that the body cannot make itself.

Fat-Soluble Vitamins

Vitamins A, D, and E that can only be absorbed with the help of fats.

Micronutrients

Nutrients required by the body in lesser amounts but still essential for carrying out bodily functions.

Vitamins

Substances that the body needs to develop and function normally.

Vitamin A

Associated with normal vision.

Vitamin D

Promotes calcium absorption.

Vitamin E

Associated with the health of the blood, brain, and skin.

Vitamin K

Helps heal injuries.

Water-Soluble Vitamins

B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, B7, B9, B12, and C.

B1

Thiamin.

B2

Riboflavin.

B3

Niacin.

B5

Pantothenic acid.

B6

Pyridoxine.

B7

Biotin.

B9

Folic acid.

B12

Cobalamin.

Minerals

Regulate body processes, are necessary for proper cellular function, and comprise body tissue.

Macrominerals

Calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, sodium, potassium, chloride, and sulfur.

Microminerals

Manganese, iron, copper, iodine, zinc, cobalt, and fluoride.

Types of Diet

Paleo Diet, Low Carb Diet, Intermittent Fasting, Vegan Diet, Vegetarian or Flexitarian, Semi Vegetarian, Pescatarian, Ovo-Vegetarian, and Lacto-Vegetarian.

Paleo Diet

Whole foods, but bans grains and dairy.

Low Carb Diet

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.

Intermittent Fasting

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.

Vegan Diet

Excludes all animal products.

Vegetarian or Flexitarian

Described in the lesson as a vegan-like diet involving dairy, fish, and eggs.

Semi Vegetarian

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.

Pescatarian

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.

Ovo-Vegetarian

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.

Lacto-Vegetarian

Listed as a type of diet in the lesson without a definition.