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Anabolic Steroids Mayo Clinic
758 wordsSteroids have become a very common term in athletic events. Steroids are a group of hormones, which the body naturally produces in small amounts. The body uses these hormones to help control metabolism, inflammation, immune function, salt and water balance, development of sexual characteristics and a persons ability to fight illness and injury. Steroids were first used in the medical field to help with the pains of arthritis. Now medical documentation is showing the side effects of using steroid...
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Coronary Artery Disease Heart Disease
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Type Ii Diabetes Type I Diabetes
1,419 wordsThere are two types of diabetes: diabetes insipidus and diabetes mellitus. Diabetes insipidus is a rare metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of the pituitary hormone, which is usually the result of damage to the pituitary gland. Diabetes insipidus is characterized by enormous amounts of urine that are produced by the body regardless of how much liquid is consumed. Diabetes mellitus results from the production of insufficient amounts of insulin by the pancreas. Without insulin the body canno...
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Almond Butter Lower Ldl Almonds
307 wordsALMONDS A seed of the fruit of the almond tree bearing fragrant pink and white flowers is what we know as Almond nut. Make your day nice all by yourself by adding some almond butter to a breakfast shake to boost its taste and protein content. Because of their mild flavor, almonds are used both as a garnish and as an ingredient in a variety of both sweet and savory dishes. Sweetened almond paste, called marzipan, is used to make candies and to decorate cakes. Almonds coated with caramelized sugar...
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Plasma Membrane Permeable Membrane
777 wordsThe plasma membrane is the boundary of life; this selectively permeable membrane allows the cell to maintain a unique internal environment and to control the movement of materials into and out of the cell. The phospholipid bilayer (fluid music model) with specific membrane proteins accounts for he selective permeability of the membrane and passive and active transport mechanisms. Membrane phospholipids are amphipathic. Cell membranes are phospholipid bilayers with the hydrophobic hydrocarbon tai...
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Recommended Daily Value Exceeded The Recommended Intake
750 wordsAfter assessing my diet through the process of recording my intake of food over the course of two days and analyzing its nutritional value, relative to my gender, weight, height, activity level and age, I have successfully reached several conclusions about my current dietary habits. Prior to this analysis of my diet, I was unsuspecting of some of my bad habits which were unbeknownst to me at the time and as a result, I was fairly shocked to see the results. Among the aspects which were particula...
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Starter Cultures Enzymes Skimmed Cow Milk Cheese
626 wordsPlace of Origin: Although snack-size sticks of mozzarella are now sold under this name, true string cheese originated in Syria, and often comes in a braided rope. The flavor is similar to mozzarella, but saltier. Ingredients: String cheese is usually made from Mozzarella cheese. The ingredients used to make Mozzarella cheese consists of: pasteurized part-skimmed cow's milk with starter cultures, enzymes, and salt. It can also come in smoked and unmoved versions, often with garlic and onion added...
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Molecular Biology Membrane Potential
1,317 words... that span the membrane. Class 5. Lipid Anchored These proteins undergo substitution with the carbohydrate groups of glycolipids, therefore binding covalently with the lipid. This classification is not definitive in including all proteins, since there may well be other examples that span the membrane with different numbers of anchor chains. The structure of proteins varies greatly. The first factor affecting structure is the proteins function, but equally important is the proteins location, a...
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Fast Food Average Woman
354 wordsA Speech on Fast Food Fast food is an integral part of our everyday life. Most of us cannot imagine life without hamburger or hot-dog. Is it true that fast food is not so healthy? All physicians and dietitians share the same opinion. They say that fast food can be of only two types: unhealthy and very unhealthy. The main problem is that fast food contains plenty of calories. Fast food is rich in fats and carbohydrates with little quantity of vitamins. All these hamburgers and hot dogs are very t...
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Cortisol And The Chemical Effects To Body
693 wordsCortisol and the Chemical effects to the body. The hormone cortisol, which is released in the body during stressed or agitated states, has gained widespread attention as the so-called "stress hormone. " (Stoppler, M. C, M. D. , 2005) Cortisol is secreted by adrenal glands. It is the main glucocorticoid hormone, which is produced in response to any physical or emotional stress. Cortisol regulates the level of carbohydrates, muscle proteins and fats. The concentration of cortisol can be increased ...
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Overweight Weight Loss And Human Health
1,756 wordsOverweight, Weight Loss and Human Health In terms of public health, only smoking is more dangerous than obesity. Here's an update on the latest assessment techniques and, weight-loss regimens, including the newest medical treatment. Approximately 100 million Americans or almost 3 out of every 5 adults are overweight or obese. [ 1 ] The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other organizations estimate that the costs of obesity to society in this country may be in excess of $ 100 billion annual...
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Saturated Fat Fast Food
386 wordsForty Burger Wars Burger Wars Forty million customers are served every day by Americas biggest hamburger chains McDonalds, Burger King, and Wendy's. In fact, many fast food restaurants are becoming an extension of the family kitchen. About two-thirds of all fast food is takeout, and most of that goes home. Some chains are beginning to put mobile units in unpredictable places such as Wal-Mart, hospitals, schools, and even gas stations. So, what is it about their burgers that attracts people to th...
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University Of Pennsylvania Milk Chocolate
1,083 wordsMany of the old myths about chocolate and health are crumbling under the weight of scientific fact. The once-prevalent belief that something that tastes so good just cannot be good for you has given way to a more balanced picture of chocolate and cocoa products and their relation to health and nutrition. The following are brief reviews on recent findings which counter several of the common misinterpretations of the effects of chocolate on health. Chocolate and Acne Over the past two decades, res...
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Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Anorexia Bulimia
1,218 wordsEating Eating Disorders Eating Disorders Eating disorders are devastating and harmful behavioral patterns that occur with in people for numerous reasons. The three types of eating disorders I will be discussing include the three most common of the disorders: anorexia, bulimia, and compulsive over eating (known as binge eating). Though the disorders take physical damage on the body, they are not in fact physical illnesses. You cannot catch and eating disorder. Rather, they are mental issues that ...
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Fast Food Restaurants Global Warming
1,026 wordsFast Food Reality Have you ever asked yourself why are there so many fat people out there? No? Yes? This writer has, and this writer would like to know what the reasons are. It is hard to know all the reasons, but most of them are obvious. We are what we eat. This is one of the simplest reasons, and this writer believes it is right. Most of obese people have bad nutrition habits such as high fat level food intake. According to the United States government, the number of overweight Americans is h...
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Coronary Artery Disease Heart Disease
809 wordsIt Heart Disease Heart Disease It is the time of progress. The time of supercomputers, space shuttles, and many other wonders of technology. We have walked on the moon. We do our shopping at home via Internet navigation. We can not only talk with, but we can see the person we are talking to thousands of miles away. It is mankind s greatest hour. Yet sadly, it is also our time of dying. Strange that no matter how advanced our society has become, our nation s health hasn t caught up. After all, he...
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Pulmonary Artery Heart Failure
884 wordsHeart Murmur, Atherosclerosis, &# 038; Heart Failure A heart murmur is a sound caused by blood flowing through a childs heart or through blood vessels entering or leaving the heart. More that 50 percent of all people will be diagnosed with a heart murmur sometime in their lives. When a childs doctor or nurse practitioner detects a heart murmur, this causes many parents quite a bit of anxiety, especially if they have relatives with heart disease. Luckily, in most children a heart murmur does not ...
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Ethical Treatment Of Animals People For The Ethical Treatment
1,144 wordsGot Beer? The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), an international organization dedicated to protecting the rights of all animals, have begun a crusade trying to persuade college students to cut back on their milk consumption and take up drinking a healthier alternative, beer. PETA is the largest animal rights group in the world and works under the principle that animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, or use for entertainment. They primarily focus their attention to al...
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Vitamins And Minerals Amino Acids
350 wordsTwo Animal Products vs. Two Protein Amino Acid Supplements The Protein and Amino Acid supplement make claims to build lean muscle mass in conjunction with a healthy diet and exercise (especially weight training). Protein and Amino Acid supplement companies advocate eating 6 - 8 small healthy meals a day which allows the body to use food more efficiently throughout the day for increased energy and performance. The theory protein supplements are based on is that the body constantly needs an effici...
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Cigarette Smoking Nicotine Addiction
526 wordsDescriptive Abstract The paper discussed statistics on college students. Additionally, important heath problems with smoking cigarettes were presented. These health problems were broken up into different body systems and different risks associated with the body systems. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to better understand the knowledge that Johnson &# 038; Wales students have about smoking. The knowledge they have about the smoking of cigarettes effects on the body systems, the respira...
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