Diabetes mellitus type 1

Each and every day people choose fast food because it’s fast and easy, and because it will ‘get the job done.’ It seems harmless, satisfies your hunger, and is cheap — but really is exceedingly unhealthy. Statistics show approximately 1 out of 3 people in the United States is overweight or obese. Fast food’s ingredients are comprised mainly of sugar, fat, high calories, and high sodium — which are typical ingredients attributed to weight gain. It’s the individual’s responsibility to…

Some school districts have banned chocolate milk, such as the Los Angeles Unified School District. However, they shouldn’t have! Chocolate milk shouldn’t be banned in schools because students may stop drinking any milk if chocolate milk is banned, it helps people exercise, and it has good nutritional value. The first reason why I think that chocolate milk shouldn’t be banned in schools is because students may stop drinking milk altogether if chocolate milk is banned. According to Andy Hanks(who…

In order to be healthy you need your natural goods, like sugar. But at the same time you don’t want to go overboard with the amount of sugar you consume. “More than 70% of Americans eat at least 22 teaspoons of added sugar daily, according to the Harvard School of Public Health” (Richards). This statistic should impact many people because that amount of sugar can be reached just by eating fruit flavored yogurt. So people shouldn’t completely stop consuming sugar, but to watch how much they take…

Sweet Deception: The Skinny on Artificial Sweeteners Extensive marketing of artificial sweeteners as being beneficial for a healthy lifestyle has made their use by the general public widespread. In fact, between 1987 and 2000, the number of US citizens who ingested products containing non-caloric sweeteners rose from less than 70 million to 160 million (Hampton 2137). However, recent studies have demonstrated that the body’s reaction to artificial sweeteners may be counterproductive to their…

Possibly one of the most important things in your body are your teeth and caring for them is a critical job. Tooth enamel is only repairable to an extent, once you get to a certain point you will require tooth bonding or crowns. With a rapid increase in Americas consumption of sugary or highly caffeinated drinks also comes more teeth problems in children. Drinking liquids high in sugar creates a bacteria that causes an acid that eats away at your enamel. Not only that, but those drinks contain…

Fentanyl can be administrated through transdermal route. Drugs must across many layers of epidermis and dermis before getting into bloodstream, so the absorption rate of Fentanyl is low. However, the bioavailability of Fentanyl by transdermal route is quiet high(80-100%) because no Fentanyl is metabolised by liver before absorption. Fentanyl can also be administred by sublingual route and buccal route. By sublingual route, the rate of absorption is also high because there are many capillaries…

Hypokalemia Hypokalemia means that the amount of potassium in the blood is lower than normal. Potassium is a chemical that helps regulate the amount of fluid in the body (electrolyte). It also stimulates muscle tightening (contraction) and helps nerves work properly. Normally, most of the body’s potassium is inside of cells, and only a very small amount is in the blood. Because the amount in the blood is so small, minor changes to potassium levels in the blood can be life-threatening. CAUSES…

It’s a movie made by Tom Naughton that has the intention to rebut the argument presented in the documentary Super Size me directed by Morgan Spurlock. During the film he shows many counterarguments against Morgan’s arguments but I will write about only two. The main counterargument is that people are not stupid and they have the power to say no. He shows that fast food restaurants don’t force anyone to eat fast food and if you going to the driving thru nobody forces anyone to buy anything.…

the more kids are exposed to ads campaigning unhealthy food, the more likely they are to buy it and suffer from obesity. Furthermore, over the past 25 years the percentage of child obesity has nearly tripled and is currently at 20%. This means that 1/5 kids nationwide are overweight. However other organizations are acknowledging this problem and are using advertising as a way to help fight the battle to stop childhood obesity. One of these organizations is Play 60. Play 60 has encouraged roughly…

Child obesity is a wide spread epidemic in the United States. It continues to grow and spread all throughout the country. It has affected millions of children over the past decade. With growing numbers of both physical and emotional diseases in children caused by obesity some might argue that parents should be held accountable for their children’s nutritional well being and their overall health. Parents are responsible for their children and failure to properly take care of them could lead to an…