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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Personalized Nutrition And Exercise Plan **** SCI/241 05/12/11 Dr. Sherrie Lu Personalized Nutrition And Exercise Plan For as long as I can remember‚ I have always had some sort of struggle with my weight. When I was younger‚ I was a top ranked gymnast and it was extremely important for me to maintain a low‚ yet healthy weight. I managed to be successful with that for years up until the time that I got severely injured ultimately forcing me to quit competing. Upon quitting gymnastics‚ I
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Dietary Supplements Report SCI/241 - NUTRITION AURORA MERRY Dietary Supplements Report Write a 700- to 1‚050-word report on the use‚ benefits‚ and risks associated with dietary supplements. Your paper must be in APA format and include a title page‚ detailed summary‚ and separate reference page. Respond to each of the following in your paper: What are dietary supplements? What are some benefits of taking dietary supplements? What are some risks from taking dietary supplements? What are the government
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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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According to the “Food Label and You” video‚ the 5-20 rule is defined in a very simple way. If a food has 5% or less of a nutrient under the daily value‚ or %DV‚ column on your food’s nutritional label‚ then that food is low in that source of nutrient. If the 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
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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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vital for the body chemistry. Multivitamins can be referred to as a combination of several vitamins and minerals. These are also available in the form of liquids‚ capsules‚ tablets and injections. These multi-vitamins play an important role in treating mineral and vitamin deficiency in the body. The deficiency may occur due to pregnancy‚ poor nutrition‚ frequent illnesses and reduced absorption of food items via stomach and several other conditions. Liquid multivitamins are considered to be one of
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Personalized Nutrition and Exercise Plan Your Name Goes Here SCI 241 Axia College Staying or being healthy is not always as easy as it seems‚ but with proper knowledge and tools it can easily be achieved. In order for myself to have a more active and healthier life style‚ I would have to change some crucial things in my current everyday nutrition and exercise routine. With positive changes to my exercise routine and diet‚ I can have plenty of positive outcomes‚ which will assist in my general
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Body Fat and Eating Disorders With more than 60% of the U.S. adult population overweight and 25% of those considered obese‚ it is important to understand the obesity epidemic and the serious effects it has on health. To understand obesity‚ it is important to understand body composition. Body composition is the body’s relative amount of fat to fat-free mass. The body’s fat-free mass is compromised of all the body’s non-fat tissues; this includes bone‚ water‚ muscles
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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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