Task 1 [P3‚ M1] Describe/explain potential sources of energy intake and expenditure and the factors that affect intake and expenditure such as basal metabolism‚ age‚ gender‚ climate and physical activity. Food is a source of energy intake as it contains carbohydrates; there main function is to store energy in the muscles. Carbs are a macronutrient and come in two different forms‚ simple which are foods like chocolate and sweets these release energy quickly‚ the other form is complex which are foods
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Three Day Food Intake Monica Cova SCI/220 December 18‚ 2012 Ms. Walker Three Day Food Intake According to "English- Word Information" (2003)‚ “Part of the secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside” (Quotes: Eating‚ Food). During the past three days I have been keeping a journal of my meals in order to determine my intake compared to the daily recommended intake (DRI). The results I am about to share with you were very surprising to me. From the
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The definition of Genetic modification is containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic. Why would one such desire a needed characteristic to modify themselves? Is it to please themselves or to please others? I was shown the movie GATTACA and this movie is about a young man named Vincent who was naturally birthed into the world and was expected to have health problems because during this century about everyone has genetically modified their
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scientific discussions that are happening around the world‚ one of them being the talk about human genome‚ and also the genetic modification of our DNA. This paper is focused mainly on the change of our DNA that can occur‚ within our bodies genetic code‚ and any mutation. Many types of disease such as sickle cell anemia and different types of cancer. The use of genome modification can be found in many different types of fields‚ ranging from foods‚ plants and many other organisms. The medical practice that
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UNDERSTANDING THE PATIENT INTAKE PROCESS Judy Lintner HCR 220 Shatondra Surulere There are many ways to improve patient intake procedures. One of the ways has been recently in the news. It was created with Salesforce.com’s Force.com enterprise application development platform. It is run on staff members AppleIphones. This replaces a manual process. It has cut the admission process from 18 hours to sometimes less than 1 hour. Having this done on the AppleIphone keeps the protection on
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Literature Review on Lifestyle Modification in Men This literature review seeks to investigate what Lifestyle Modification entails. Lifestyle Modification has been defined as a proactive approach to optimum health and wellness by how we live our lives. Chronic non-communicable diseases are currently the main cause of both disability and death worldwide. These diseases affect people of all ages and social classes worldwide. Sassi and Hurst in 2008 cited Abegunde et al (2007) who stated that globally
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Body Modification: Self Expression or Self Destruction? Abstract Body modification has existed around the world since ancient times‚ with the first body modification practices done for personal‚ religious‚ and social purposes. In more recent times‚ extreme forms of body modifications such as scarification‚ implantation‚ and tongue splitting have emerged. This evolution of new body modification practices has created great controversy and debate. Those who propose believe
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One Day Food Intake Megan Kitsos Sci/220 Human Nutrition April 1‚ 2012 Dr. Susan Bratton One Day Food Intake In order to better understand my health needs‚ I have catalogued my food intake for one day. I used the WileyPlus iprofile‚ which gives me the recommended daily intakes for many different things such as kilocalories and fat‚ and then compared them with what I actually consumed. The results were scary and not in a good way. I started my morning without any breakfast. I was running
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WATER OUR LIFELINE Water is a transparent fluid which forms the world’s streams‚ lakes‚ oceans and rain‚ and is the major constituent of the fluids of living things. As a chemical compound‚ a water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms that are connected by covalent bonds. Water covers 71% of the Earth’s surface.[1] It is vital for all known forms of life. On Earth‚ 96.5% of the planet’s water is found in seas and oceans‚ 1.7% in groundwater‚ 1.7% in glaciers and the ice caps of Antarctica
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The intake of the products high in carbohydrates causes the insulin levels to spike. The high amount of insulin locks the fat which leads to the burning of the glucose instead of the fat. A person loses the most weight during the initial period of the low-carb diets. The reason for this is because the low levels of the insulin in the body causes the kidneys to shed an excessive amount of sodium. Moreover‚ the carbs in the bodies are stored in the form of glycogen. The glycogen binds water molecules
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