CHAPTER Nutrition Key Terms After reading this chapter you should be able to answer the following questions At present, there is no way to determine an individual‟s precise nutritional needs for optimum health and performance. Spinach is a poor source of iron. Most nutritional research is so contradictory that it‟s impossible to draw any clear-cut conclusion from it Research has revealed that 8 of every 10 nutritional supplements on the market don‟t contain what the manufacturers claim.