Lactose

Description Celiac Disease is a chronic small bowel disease characterized as an autoimmune disorder that occurs in genetically predisposed individuals. People inherit this genetic variation from their parents. Gluten, the trigger for Celiac Disease, is a combination of proteins, found in wheat, barley, and rye, called prolamins. Most common are the promanlines called gliadins, glutenins, hordeins, and secalin which all contain proline and glutamine residues. These residues make gluten resistant…

When thinking about the Mayan civilization in the common mind, anemia is most likely not even a thought associated with the Maya. Instead, one may think of the architecture, culture, and reputation. In a 2011 article published by Katie Whitaker for the University of Ontario Journal of Anthropology, she explains the correlation between the Maya population and the evidence of anemia that was often overlooked since it was not a life-threatening disease such as the more common diseases like syphilis…

Lots of things dictate a person’s diet from health issues, social surroundings, and just personal preferences. A person’s culture has a big impact on one’s diet like some cultures it’s common to eat greens and fried chicken all the time and some people its only on occasion. A person’s health can also state a person’s diets like a diabetics should watch their carbohydrate and they have to check their insulin when someone without diabetes would not have to. Someone’s likes and dislikes have a huge…

shaken cream? Purpose The purpose of the experiment was to discover whether or not temperature has an effect of milk fat mass production. Background Information Milk is comprised of multiple core components. The main aspects being water, proteins, lactose, and minerals. There are, however, other substances that make up milk such as vitamins, enzymes, and phospholipids. If whole milk is left out for a long enough period of time, fat molecules will float to the top of the milk and can then be…

Stand Firm and Pasteurized Milk Pasteurized milk supporter, let’s unite and stop the bill! Legalizing the sale of raw milk would bring health benefits to Rhode Island residents? It’s a fallacy! In fact, higher accessibility to raw milk put residents’ life at risk. According to CDC, 81% of dairy outbreaks are caused by raw milk consumption in the United States and it is increasing continuously from 2007 to 2012. Raw milk advocates might say it’s not dangerous at all. However, data and facts…

When you invite friends for dinner, you’re probably looking forward to an evening of sophisticated fun and great conversation, all centered around a table of good, tasty food. Then one of your guests drops the bombshell — there is a whole list of food that they don’t eat. Your heart sinks as you realize that the menu you’ve been thinking of just won’t work and the other guests will be judging your culinary skills through the lens of a set of restricted ingredients. Here are some simple tricks…

Cultural diversity is essentially the existence of a multitude of different cultural and ethnic groups within a society. Cultural diversity continues to increase here in the United States, hence the need for healthcare professionals to have at least a basic understanding of a variety of cultures prevalent in the society in which they are providing care. Furthermore, it’s important to provide culturally competent care, which means “having the knowledge, abilities and skills to deliver care…

Are School Lunches Really Helping Kids? School lunch regulations are not helping kids. The regulations limit the number of healthy fat that is needed to have a healthy child, not letting them reach their daily amount of calories per day by having a decent amount of calories for lunch, and by forcing students with certain food borne illnesses to eat a smaller meal because of their problem. School lunch regulations have really started to uprise in the past 8 years. This is due to the fact that…

My attachment style dilemma I knew this day would come, where I would have to figure out what my attachment style is. The only problem, even after taking developmental psychology and reading the course books for this class, I’m still contemplating what my attachment style was growing up. Some of the issues I have come across are: time spent with parents, environmental factors, and attachment style change. Time with parents On October 10th my mother gave birth to me in Baltimore, Maryland.…

when gluten is removed from the diet. However, they do not test positive for celiac disease. Celiac disease is an autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gliadin; a gluten protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and sometimes oats. The history of why and when wheat and thus gluten has changed, affecting our bodies differently, can be traced back to a man by the name of Norman Borlaug. Borlaug had good intentions to help feed the world. He genetically modified the wheat crop to produce high…