Kinesiology 3339A/B Lecture : Exercise Nutrition - Lecture 28
9 Jan 2012
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Energy comes from cho, fat and protein: but vitamins function as coenzymes. nad, nadh, fad = all forms of vitamins. Video: shows where the vitamins factor in. Vitamins function in controlling or influencing your metabolism: don t provide energy, but help you use it. If you can t form healthy red blood cells then you are in trouble. performance health standpoints = you re not in a good standing. form compounds called free radicals y these by themselves are damaging: play a role in diseases (cancer) y we have defence mechanisms to protect us from them y mechanisms are up-regulated when you train, good thing! Because when you train, you metabolize more oxygen: antioxidants are part of the defence of free radical. Mitochondria: things that are produced during oxidative metabolism are brought to the mitochondria. at several steps, vitamins and minerals are involved.
