Fitness Dictionary
March 2nd, 2010 - By admin - Posted in FitnessAmino Acid
Amino acids are organic compounds that function as a constituent of protein and a basic framework for a number of compounds important in metabolism.
Anabolic
Anabolic is a phase in which the body repair and expand the cells as part of the process of metabolism.
Analgesic
Analgesic is the term used to represent a group of drugs used for pain relief.
Anorexia
Anorexia is a form of eating disorder where a person can not eat a healthy diet because of fear of excess weight rises.
Antibodies
Antibodies are a type of protein. These proteins serve to protect the body through the immune process.
BCAA
Branched Chain Amino Acid is a collection of essential amino acid chain consisting of leucine, isoleucine, and Valine that serves to keep the body from catabolic processes.
Body Fat (%)
Body fat is the percentage of fat in a person’s body weight compared with the overall body.
Body Shaping
Body shaping is a process of formation of the body through exercise, healthy diet and supplementation to form the body into the desired shape.
Bulking
Bulking is a program intended to increase muscle mass and weight of a person in order to increase muscle mass. Bulking program usually is synonymous with the addition of the number of calories in and customized training to increase muscle mass.
Diet
Diet is the term of your diet. In the scope of diet and health is defined as setting a pattern of eating a more healthy eating or both. Diet does not mean reducing the amount of food into the body.
Diuretics
Diuretics is the nature of a substance that stimulates expenditure urine or urinating launched.
Enzymes
Enzymes are one or several clusters of proteins that function as a compound that speeds up the process of the reaction without reacting (catalyst) in a chemical reaction.
Fructose
Fructose is a form of sugar (monosaccharide). Fructose is a form of the sweetest sugar, sweeter than twice as sucrose.
Glycogen
Glycogen is a type of polysaccharide which is the main function as an energy storage reserve for the body cells. Glycogen can be found in the tissues.
Glucose
Glucose is sugar, a monosaccharide which is important as a source of carbohydrate energy.
Glycemic Index (GI)
Glycemic index is a rating system for carbohydrates based on rankings in the ability to increase the level of sugar in the blood. Foods with high GI means very quick in increasing the amount of sugar in the blood and vice versa.
Glycemic Load (GL)
Glycemic Load is ranked scoring system for the amount of carbohydrates in foods based on the size of the Glycemic Index and the food portions.
Hipernatremia
Hipernatremia are circumstances where an increasing amount of sodium minerals found in the blood. The main cause is often not because of the amount of sodium consumed too much, but often due to lack of water bodies. Therefore hipernatremia often associated with dehydration.
Hypertension
Hypertension is a condition where a person’s blood pressure is higher than necessary (often called high blood pressure). High blood pressure often associated with the risk of heart disease or stroke.
Hyponatremia
Hyponatremia is a state where the body of a person mineral deficiency of sodium in the body so that it can happen poisoning water (water intoxication).
Hormones
Hormones are chemical messengers from one cell (or group of cells) to another cell. Hormones serve to give signals to target cells which then will do an act or a particular activity (immune system, metabolism, reproduction, etc.).
Growth hormone (Growth Hormone / GH)
Growth hormone is a hormone that stimulates growth and cell reproduction in humans and animals.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a form of sleep disorder characterized by the inability of a person to sleep in a certain period.
Insulin
Insulin is a polypeptide hormone that functions to regulate the metabolism of carbohydrates (including sugar).
Caffeine
Caffeine is a chemical compound found naturally in foods, contohya: coffee beans, tea, oil seeds, guarana, and mate. He is famous for its bitter taste and act as stimulants of the central nervous system, heart, and breathing. Caffeine also is a diuretic.
Catabolic
Catabolic anabolic is the opposite of that is a phase in which the body break down and degrade the body’s cells as part of metabolism.
Cortisol
Cortisol is a corticosteroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands. Cortisol is often called the stress hormone because the hormone is a response to stress. The hormone is associated with increased blood sugar, blood pressure, fat storage, reduces the body’s immune system, and others. A large amount of cortisol in the body often hinder the process of formation of muscle and weight loss.
Lactose
Lactose is a disaccharide, a sugar found in most milk.
Cardio exercise
Cardio exercise is exercise that involves the cardiovascular or stimulate the heart to work more with the supply of oxygen to all body cells. Cardiovascular activities include jogging, cycling, swimming and others.
Saturated fat
Saturated fatty acids are fatty acids with no double bonds, for example palmitic acid, stearic acid, and acid arachidat. This type of fatty acids can raise cholesterol levels so that the body should be limited consumption.
Polyunsaturated
The fatty acids polyunsaturated (Poly unsaturated Fatty Acid / PUFAs) are fatty acids with double bonds more than one, for example, linoleic acid (18: 2; 1.2,), linolenic acid (18: 3; 9,12,15) and arachidonat acid (20: 4; 5,89,11,14), docosa Hex Enoat (DHA), and Penta Eikosa ethanoate (EPA). These fatty acids can lower cholesterol, body.
Monounsaturated fat
Fatty acid is a monounsaturated fatty acid with one double bond, for example, oleic acid (18: 1; 9) and palmitoleat acid (16: 1; 9). These fatty acids do not affect cholesterol levels and body is not harmful to people with heart disease.
Trans fats (trans fat)
Trans fat is formed when fats through hydrogenation process. Trans fat is a type of fat most trans fat is bad because it is difficult to digest the body.
Lipid
Lipid is also known as oil, fat or wax.
Lipotropik
Lipotropik is the nature of a substance or substances that help the solution of fat in the body during metabolic processes occur.
Maintenance
Maintenance is the maintenance diet, and supplementation activities intended to maintain the body shape is obtained that is not shrinking
Metabolism
Metabolism is the biochemical processes in the organism. Metabolism is usually composed of the stages involving the enzyme. Metabolism involves the synthesis and decomposition of food in the body are complex.
Mineral
In addition to vitamins, minerals, also a substance needed by the human body to function normally, for example minerals are calcium, magnesium, sodium, potassium, sulfur and so on.
Sodium / Sodium
Sodium or sodium is a mineral that the body needs. One example of foods that contain sodium or sodium is table salt.
Obesity
Obesity is a condition where a person’s body storing too much fat, so to reach a point called obese or overweight is associated with various diseases.
Protein Isolate
Protein that has no fat and is the form most pure protein.
Repetition / Repetition
Repetition is the number of replications in a set of weights
Set
Set the number of training sessions in a single style weightlifting.
Steroids
Steroid is a type of lipid that has a special chemical structure.
Anabolic Steroids (Anabolic Steroids)
Anabolic steroid is a steroid that works to increase protein synthesis in cells, especially muscle, and enhance one’s masculine characteristics such as voice changes and hair growth. The use of anabolic steroids in the long term and high doses can cause serious health problems like high blood pressure, liver damage, heart disease and impotence.
Sucrose
Sucrose is a combination of glucose and fructose (sugar).
Supplements
Supplements the body needs to help get a particular outcome (health, muscle growth, weight) and make the body work optimally.
Termogenesis
Termogenesis the combustion process. Termogenesis metabolism speed up the process by increasing the body temperature.
Testosterone
Testosterone is a hormone produced in the adrenal gland, its functions include the performance of anabolic steroids, setting libido, energy, immune system and protection against osteoporosis.
Vitamins
Vitamin is a collection of organic substances that the body needs a certain amount to perform the function of metabolic reactions in living beings.
Weight loss
Weight loss is a program aimed at losing weight, especially body fat achieved through a healthy diet, exercise and proper supplementation.

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