Dehydration SCI/241 October 24‚ 2010 Dehydration What is Dehydration? Dehydration is defined as the process of losing excess amounts of water‚ which depletes the body of essential fluids. Dehydration can be caused by various factors‚ however
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Checkpoint: Human Digestion Jackie Burkhardt SCI 241 10/15/2010 Sherrie H. Lu The digestive process starts with saliva. Saliva begins with the scent or sight of food. Food enters the digestive system starting at the mouth. Food is broken into smaller pieces by your teeth. The broken up pieces of food mix with saliva and break down into a substance called bolus‚ which is a ball of chewed food. Bolus then passes through the pharynx‚ which helps us swallow‚ into the esophagus and into the stomach
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food has 20% or more of that nutrient under you %DV‚ then that food is high in that nutrient. For nutrients you do not want a lot of‚ you need to stick to servings containing a %DV closer to 5%. For nutrients that you do want a lot of‚ then aim for foods that have a 20% or above %DV per serving. When reading nutrition facts labels and when figuring out nutrition‚ always remember the 5-20 rule; 5% is low and 20% is high. A food that has a good example of the "5-20 rule" that I found in my pantry
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Understand Your Fats and Fiber Len A Hayman Nutrition/ SCI 241 November 28‚ 2013 Dr. Joseph F. Robare Understand Your Fats and Fiber Bad fats are saturated and trans fats. Saturated fats are mostly in meats‚ dairy products and tropical oils. Saturated fat raises both bad cholesterol and good cholesterol‚ while trans-fat only raises bad cholesterol. This makes trans fats technically worse than saturated fats. The better fats would be monounsaturated and polyunsaturated
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Dietary Supplements Alice Molina SCI 241 October 12‚ 2014 Aurora Merry Dietary Supplements Dietary supplements are vitamins‚ minerals‚ and herbs that one can take to add to the daily nutrient intake. Some people like to take supplements in replace of eating correctly. This is not the right way to go about it. They come in pill form‚ energy bars‚ drinks‚ powder‚ and capsules. Supplements do not have to go through all the testing that other drugs have to go through to get approval for sale. Some common
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nutritional need that I may be experiencing‚ four nutritional or physical exercise goals‚ the actions taken to meet each goal‚ the anticipated setbacks or difficulties and the approaches to overcome them‚ the outcomes by which to measure success‚ evidence of the plans effectiveness by addressing the identified problem or need‚ and the evaluation of potential health risks that may develop if the plan is not implemented. So basically this paper is going to be about a realistic nutrition and exercise
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Nutrition and Fitness Paper Jacqueline Willard SCI 100 January 31‚ 2011 Megan McClaire Nutrition and fitness in today’s busy society is tougher now than ever before. Men and women work day and night‚ so squeezing fitness routine is not always the easiest thing. Not only is fitness tough but trying to eat a proper meal is even tougher when fast food is always around. This paper will show how fitness and nutrition is not easy in a busy forty hour plus work week. And some people
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Human Digestion Christine Wilkes SCI 241 Natalia Woehl March 8‚ 2011 The human digestion system consists of a series of organs and glads that process the food that we eat. The digestion process starts when food enters the mouth‚ then with the chewing of food. The salivary glads help break down the food with enzymes so that it is easier to swallow. While the food is being chewed it is turned into bolos‚ which then travels down the pharynx and through the esophagus. The esophagus is the long
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References: Grosvenor‚ M. B. & Smolin‚ L. A. (2006). Nutrition: Everyday Choices. NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Eating Disorders. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/anorexia-complications-topic-overview
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SCI/241 Fat and Water Soluble Vitamins There are many different types of vitamins and each has its own special role in the body‚ they might all be different but they all are essential for the body’s health. All the different vitamins are categorized into two groups‚ Fat soluble vitamins (vitamins A and E) and then there are water soluble vitamins (vitamins B-complex and C). Vitamins are an important part of the body’s daily intake‚ because they
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