Glycogen

Nutrition Perspectives I chose to do my project on the book "Why We Get Fat and What to do about it" by Gary Taubes. In all honesty I choose this book by narrowing the list down to what looked interesting and finding which one was readily available at the library. That said, I am always interested in new perspectives on weight and weight loss. I enjoy learning what other views are in regards to this topic. Gary Taubes is an investigative science and health journalist and co-founder of the…

athletes get the adequate amount of sleep? Studies shown that 30-36 hours of sleep deprivation can result in a loss of performance (Grantham). According to the National Sleep Foundation sleep deprivation has also been seen to decrease production of glycogen and carbohydrates that are stored for energy use during physical activity. Even though some people feel the less sleep athletes get and the more hours they spend putting in practicing their athletic performance will become greater, the lack…

stored energy to maintain heart rate, breathing and circulation. When you awake in the morning your body requires refueling, breakfast gives you this fuel as the first meal of your day. If you skip this meal your body continues to fast using stored glycogen from your muscles to maintain your ability to function. However, your body remains starving, so it will reduce metabolism, which slows down energy and the ability to focus, concentrate and…

Today it is estimated that 80% of the world’s adult population consumes caffeine in one form or another. It is an international substance that will affect everyone if it suddenly disappears. Naturally found in 60 organic plants and used in some of the most imported and exported goods, it is a major money maker. So you ask yourself, what is it about caffeine that everyone likes? Besides the great taste when combined with other chemicals, it is known to do a great amount of beneficial acts for…

There are a variety of different factors promoting or inhibiting post-operative wound healing. Rund et al (1) covers many factors linked to wound healing such as smoking, oxygen availability, nutrition, hyperglycemia, alcohol intake, and patient adherence. First of all, smoking exerts a pervert effect on peripheral vasculature. For instance, a single cigarette causes a decrease in O2 because of ligation of carbon monoxide (CO) to hemoglobin and nicotine has an added effect of peripheral…

How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions LaTonya Sallywhite Armstrong State University How Sleep Disorders Affect Daily Functions One main component of healthy living that people do not pay much attention to is sleep. Sleep is still a big mystery that researchers are trying to solve. However, the main question researchers cannot seem to answer is why humans do and animals sleep. One way to look at sleep is that during that time the body restores itself from the…

times, and exercising at the right times, your metabolism should still stay at a fairly reasonable level. Endurance athletes, or athletes of any type will also find it difficult to perform under fasted conditions as the energy source of muscles, glycogen (a derivative of starches and ingested carbohydrates) is hard to come by after a certain point in the day when your breakfast is starting to wear off. Fasted For Religious…

Fast & Slow Twitch Muscle Muscles are the functional units of tissue that move the skeletal system. There are two primary forms of muscle fibers, fast twitch muscles and slow twitch muscles. Fast twitch muscles contract fast and exert large amounts of power in a quick manner.People with high percentages of fast twitch muscles are generally good sprinters and are strong individuals Slow twitch muscles can put out steady power for long amounts of time and perform optimally in endurance training…

Grade Insurance The article I chose for my grade insurance paper is “Albuterol and Insulin therapy in hemodialysis patients. http://www.nature.com/ki/journal/v38/n5/index.html. The reason I chose this article is because we have been going over potassium and action potential in class I have been extremely interested in potassium, part of this is because hyperkalemia is one of the few electrolyte imbalances we can start treatment for in a pre-hospital setting. The article was very informative and…

advances" ("Animal" par. 4). Development This citation means that the animal testing used currently does not help the modern day scientists discover new medical breakthroughs. Although they have helped in the past, like when scientists discovered glycogen, which is essential for diabetics, current testing does not produce such advances due to the level of medical intricacy the modern world is currently at. This citation supports my point because since present-day animal experimentation does not…