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    Fat Metabolism Summary

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    Edward F. Coyle’s article‚ Fat Metabolism During Exercise: New Concept‚ focuses on answering the question to “what limits the rate at which people can convert their body fat into energy during exercise. He focuses on the different components of fats‚ such as the adipose tissue‚ blood plasma‚ and the oxidization of fats. He highlights how within the adipose tissue there an estimated 50‚000 to 60‚000 kcal energy stored as triglyceride and an obese individual will have more energy than compared to an

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    Body Fat Percentage

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    La Cruz Body Fat Percentage Body fat is very important to your body because it maintains life and reproductive organs. Excessive body fat or too little body fat is unhealthy. It can cause diseases that can be life-threatening and even genetic. Your body fat percentage should be maintained at a healthy range because it is necessary for normal body functioning and prevents any type of breakdown in the organs. The key to this is exercise and determining which type of fat‚ that is stored in

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    Everything about FATS

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    Fats Summary Fat is an important part of a healthy diet. However‚ some fats are better than others. Saturated fats increase blood cholesterol. Mono-unsaturated and polyunsaturated fats tend to lower blood cholesterol. Trans fatty acids (or trans fats) are potentially harmful and are used to make baked products‚ pies‚ cakes‚ biscuits and buns. Omega-6 and omega-3 fats can benefit your health. Fats are composed of the elements carbon‚ hydrogen and oxygen (the same elements as carbohydrates but

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    ESSAY PORTFOLIO Is the Internet making us less intelligent? Essay Plan In my essay I wish to argue that the Internet is not making us less intelligent‚ but that it has provided a whole new dimension to the way we interact‚ communicate‚ think‚ create‚ share and exist. The accessibility of the Internet provides a magnitude of knowledge and information in real time that could have never have been accessed

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    High Fat Diets

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    Diet Studies suggests that a high-fat diet is associated with obesity. In several populations‚ body weight is directly related to the percentage of fat in their diets. When consumption of chips‚ potatoes‚ sugar sweetened beverages‚ red meat and processed meat was increased‚ it resulted in weight gain. Conversely‚ an intake of vegetables‚ whole grains‚ fruits‚ nuts and yoghurt was inversely associated with weight gain. However‚ the groups that increase their fat consumption also appeared to increase

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    Hunger and the Fat Rat

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    PsychSim 5: Hunger and the Fat Rat 53 PsychSim 5: HUNGER AND THE FAT RAT Section: 1 Date: Thursday‚ July 11‚ 2013 This activity provides a simulated experiment on weight regulation in rats. The Hypothalamus * What are the two techniques used to study hypothalamic dysfunction? How do they differ? The two techniques used to study hypothalamic dysfunction are stimulation and destruction. To simulate the hypothalamus a small wire probe is inserted into

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    Big Fat Liability

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    Big Fat Liability 2. In your opinion‚ should the food and restaurant industries be held liable for the rise of obesity‚ or not? That is‚ which side do you support and why? The food and restaurant industries should not be held solely reliable for the rise of obesity. The individual should hold some responsibility for the foods they chose to consume. If it’s a minor that is obese than the parents should hold responsibility because they play a large role in the foods they eat. Restaurants

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    Fat Boy Chronicles

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    Activity 1- Getting to know others Students will watch the movie "Fat boy chronicles" and discuss how the viewers learn more about the different sides of characters’ personality as the movie progresses‚ and which characters were they able to identify with. After reaching the conclusion that the more you get to know someone you can better understand them and empathize with them‚ the teacher will ask students to pair up with someone they don’t normally spend time with. Together‚ Each will come up

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    rancidity fat and oil

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    Tittle : Rancidity Measurement in Fats and Oils. Introduction : Vegetable oil is an important and widely used lipid source for our everyday food products. Its application is increasing day by day for food purposes and for the manufacturing of a number of toiletry products. However‚ some vegetable oils are not up to standards to meet consumer satisfaction in terms of their physico-chemical properties or for the texture and stability of the food products (Reyes- Hernandez et al.‚ 2007). Recently

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    Accepting Fat In the article “Fat and Happy: In Defense of Fat Acceptance‚” author Mary Ray Worley advocates that happiness can be found regardless of weight. Worley claims that it is possible to be happy with one’s body even if it they are overweight. In her article‚ Worley discusses how she attended the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance annual convention. She describes how overweight people at the convention began to feel comfortable with their size. According to Worley‚ the convention

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