Multivitamin and mineral supplement for a Basketball player

The following post has three assignments namely;

1.Multivitamin and mineral supplement for a Basketball player

Basketball player Michael's weight averages about 190 pounds during basketball season. He never thought he needed to take a multivitamin and mineral supplement since he is healthy and eats a variety of foods. Michael just took a nutrition course about vitamins and minerals and what they do for the body. He is considering taking a supplement just for the insurance. He uses up a lot of energy working out and playing basketball. He thinks that he will be able to keep his weight up if he takes a pill every day. A) Should Michael take a multivitamin and mineral supplement "just for the insurance"? Why or why not? B) Would taking a supplement be likely to effect Michael's weight? Explain. C) When choosing a supplement, what must Michael consider? Explain.

2.Factors influencing the rate of alcohol absorption

Twenty-one-year-old Max was driving home from a post-football game party last night when he was pulled over by the police. The officer said he was driving erratically and asked how many drinks he had had. Max told him that he had only had three beers and explained that he was pretty tired from the game. Then, just to prove he was fine, he offered to count backwards from a hundred. The officer thought he sounded sober and did not make him do it. Max couldn’t believe the officer thought he was driving drunk. However, he had second thoughts about what he did and wondered if drinking three beers after a game is perhaps too much. A) Is it physiologically possible that Max's driving was impaired even though he had consumed only three beers? Factor in Max's height of 5’8” and weight of 200 pounds (91 kg), as well as that he has just played a long game of football. B) What other factors influence the rate of alcohol absorption or breakdown that could have affected Max's BAC? C) How can all of these factors influence a decision about whether or not “three beers after a game is really too much?”

3.Cereal dinners

Tara used to eat dinner in her college dorm cafeteria but not anymore. It was too tempting for her to see everyone eating all of the fattening food and then topping it off with a big dessert. She knew her weight would balloon up in a week if she ate like that. Instead, Tara decided to stay in her dorm room and eat a bowl of cereal with skim milk. The cereal box says it provides a full day’s supply of vitamins and minerals for someone on a 2,000 calorie diet, so she knows it is nutritious. Tara thinks that when she eats the cereal for dinner, it doesn’t matter if she didn’t eat all the right things earlier in the day. (In other words, Tara is not careful to eat fruits and vegetables and protein the rest of the day, since the cereal supposedly provides all of her nutritional needs.) A) What do you think of Tara's cereal dinners? If the cereal provides 100% of the DRI for all vitamins and minerals, then is Tara correct that it doesn’t matter what else she eats during the day? If not, why not? B) What other factors does Tara need to consider besides the percentage of DRI? Explain.