Nutritional Analysis

 Over three specific days, I tracked every meal that I was to come into contact with. I had done this before, skeptical of my result considering my diet is not that of the "average american." Yet I did it anyway, I actually improved greatly from last time, my proteins levels are a lot higher. Yet it depends on the day, because sometimes (note on the middle chart) my protein levels are just above fifty percent. This also goes for my vegetable intake, notice the first two charts I'm under fifty percent, and the third I'm right at seventy-five percent. For grains, I need to work on staying away from refined, and going for more whole grains. I'm also under the suggested daily amount. Fruits is pretty consistent, under as shows. Let's just talk about dairy, in these images there is virtually none. Simply because I don't really eat any, some days if I feel like it, but at home we don't use any animal products. Overall, according to this tracker, I just need to eat more. From what I learned at Falcon Market and through this I will eat more low fat, high nutrient protein, more green leafy vegetables, more natural sugar fruits (no added sugar), more whole grains, more calcium rich foods (to meet my dairy needs) like kale, bok choy, almonds, oranges, etc (which also meet other food group needs), and try to avoid high carbohydrate sugary snack foods like chips and cookies. 

If I was a health coach, I'd give you the same advice I'm giving to myself, make sure you are hitting every food group. Eat the best kind of food from that food group. By doing both of these things you are getting, not just all kinds of nutrients you need, but the highest/healthiest amount (in those essential vitamins, and minerals that you need). Skip out on your sugary drink from Starbucks and your big whopper from McDonalds, and make yourself something at home, it almost always tends to taste better and be better for you, if you make it with healthy ingredients at home. When you skip out on the unhealthy foods especially ones with lots of sugar, fat, and salt, you avoid a big mess with your hormones, which try to balance out your bodies nutrient content when you consume food like this. I'm giving this advise, but I still need to work on my own diet too.   

    

What is Health? Collage

Health is an all around experience for me. Not just physical, but emotional and mental. I'm pretty confident in the physical aspect of health because I eat well and exercise regularly. I feel that I really need to focus on the mental portion, especially stress. If you notice in the collage there is tiny white photo in the center, it represents stress. It is so small because I want to keep my stress like the size of the picture. I'm excited to learn about the sleep pillar and see how sleep actually affects chemicals in the body.

Unit 1 Reflection

This unit was about the basic structure and function of tissues.The main themes, other than the structure and function of tissues, were anatomical positions, macromolecules,and simple concepts of anatomy and physiology.

I learned all of the anatomical positions (anterior, posterior, inferior, proximal, distal, etc). I also learned the difference between anatomy and physiology. Anatomy being structure and Physiology being function. Finally I got a in-depth understanding of different tissues. I learned about the functions, locations, and structure of muscle, epithelial, connective, and nervous tissues.

 I didn't fully understand the difference in structure between the tissues. I knew have to differentiate, but identifying them in a picture was a whole other story. Next unit I'll come into see Mr. Orre after class to make sure I understand how to identify it. 

I learned about a lot of this stuff in sports med. Especially anatomical positions, but tissues we only went over briefly.       

            Notes creds to Cayla Zelanis

                    Blood cells

Tissue Lab

In today's lab we viewed the different types of tissue under a microscope. We saw various kinds of epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissue. 

One thing I realized today was the true extent of connective tissue.In my notes i had read that connective tissue is the most abundant in the body, and it comes in many forms. When I actually saw cartilage, bone, and blood tissues, which are all different, I could fully comprehend the range and abundance of connective tissue in the body. 

I also noticed that the epithelial tissues all looked like cells layered on top of each other and nervous tissues all had visible neurons. On the other hand muscle tissues mostly looked like smooth solid sheets and connective tissues all looked very different. 

I thought the bone sample and blood samples were very interesting. I could see how the anatomy of the bone tissue is complex and solid, so it must be good for supporting the body. While blood cells are very small and uniform which must make them move through the body efficiently. 

Bone sample, connective tissue 

Blood sample, connective tissue 

Elastic cartilage sample, connective tissue

Stratified columnar, epithelial tissue 

All About Epithelial Cells

Epithelial cells are some of the most prolific tissue cells out there. They come in all shapes and sizes and they can be found almost anywhere on the body. Most people may know that epithelial cells or epithelial tissue is your skin, but it is present in many other places such as the alveoli (gas exchange area of lungs), lining of most organs including stomach, kidney, and pancreas, and even in salivary glands and bile ducts. They also come in an array of forms depending on where they are located, classified by their shape. There are four shapes, cubodial, squamous, columnar, and ciliated columnar(refer to picture below). These cells vary a little bit from eukaryotic cells, considering epithelial cells include many more means of connection between cells. They have things called tight junction adherens, desmosomes, and gap junctions that keep these cells together. Another difference is the capillaries that usually reside inside of the cell, do not within epithelial cells. 

Epithelial cells have many functions such as protecting body, experiencing senses (sensory receptors), transporting materials, absorbing nutrients, secreting wastes, hormones, and lubricant, and producing hormones. This cell has so many aspects to it, with its multiple shapes sizes and functions, that this post will just touch the surface of the topic of epithelial cells.

Epithelial cells of the stomach lining

Carbohydrates: The Sweetness Lab

In today's lab we tasted various different Carbohydrates in order to determine the relationship between the type of carbohydrate and its sweetness. We tasted a various amount of carbohydrates, including disaccharides (sucrose, maltose, and lactose), monosaccharides (glucose, fructose, and galactose), and polysaccharides (starch and cellulose). We determined that the more rings the carbohydrate had the less sugary it was. (Less rings more sugary)

Personally I can relate fructose to one this I've eaten, high fructose corn syrup. It's well known for being very unhealthy, but still very common in everyday foods. I found myself really enjoying the raw fructose, so I can see why high fructose corn syrup is put in so many foods. 

Works Cited

                                  All about epithelial cells
"Epithelial Cells." Introduction. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.
http://www.bio.davidson.edu/bernd/Lab/EpithelialInfoWeb/index.html
"School of Life Sciences | Ask A Biologist." Epithelial Cells. N.p., n.d. Web. 31 Aug. 2015.https://askabiologist.asu.edu/epithelial-cells