Rebuilding The Food Pyramid Rebuilding the Food Pyramid This show was about Walter Willett, M.D. new book Eat, Drink and Be Healthy. Dr. Willett states that the USDA Food Pyramid is “outdates and dangerously wrong.” It is not enough to recommend that fats be used sparingly and to classify all complex carbohydrates as good. Dr. Willett offers an alternative based research done by th

Resturant Smoking Imagine sitting down to eat in your favorite restaurant after a long day at work. You are ready to relax and enjoy your meal. Your food arrives, and just as you are about to take that first bite, a thick, choking cloud of filthy black smoke surrounds your head. As you turn your head to see who just ruined your appetite, your stomach seems to turn right along with it as

SIDS “More children die of SIDS in a year than all of the children who die of cancer, heart diseases, pneumonia, child abuse, AIDs, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy combined.”(SIDS Alliance). SIDS stands for, Sudden Infant Death Syndromes. It is medical disorder that claims the lives of nearly 3,000 babies one-week or year of age in the U.S. each year. This is also known as the

Marijuana Addiction Signs of marijuana abuse: Rapid, loud talking and bursts of laughter in early stages of intoxication. Sleepy or stuporous in the later stages. Lack of concentration and coordination. Forgetfulness in conversation. Inflammation in whites of eyes. Odor similar to burnt rope on clothing or breath. Distorted sense of time passage - tendency to overestimate

Smoker A War Against Public Smoking The national war against public smoking has become a big debate towards health effects and the air pollution that it causes. Public smoking offenders can be fined or even put in jail because of their disobedience. Drivers of buses can refuse entry to their vehicles to anyone carrying a lit cigarette in some cities. The new laws do not hinder those

Smoking Smoking Smoking is one of the most preventable causes of death in our society. About one in five deaths in the US are results from using tobacco. About half all of smokers between of 35 and 69 die ahead of time and new smokers like teenagers replace them. Smokers could be losing an average of 20 to 25 years of their life. Sometimes, while I am around an adult that smokes, the sm

Smoking Everyone knows smoking or chewing tobacco is bad, so why do people start' Most people smoke to help them with their nerves and anger, some people mostly women smoke to loose weight or maintain their weight, and finally one other good reason to smoke is to help them get away from drugs and to help them quit. I know all those reasons are not very good but they are better than non

Smoking Its 9 o’clock in the morning, you wake up for school, your coughing your lungs out, and your throat feels like its on fire, and yet u still crave a cigarette. For a lot of people, that is the way they wake up. Yet, they still continue to smoke. A study in Mens Health showed that 26% of men, and 23% of women over the age of 18 smoke. People all over the world smoke, and dont r

Smoke What': An Ethnography Of Smokers Smoking what': an ethnography of cigarette smokers Popular belief states that North American Indians were the first people in the world to smoke varieties of Nicotiana for pleasure. Some of these Native American Indians claimed the growth and production of tobacco was delegated by holy spirits, and that the product, being sacred, was used as an

Smoking: The Real Truth Smoking: The real truth Smoking is defined as the practice of inhaling the fumes of tobacco from burning cigarettes. Being such an addicted substance smoking has become one of the leading causes of cancer today. The American Cancer Society says the 53 million people age 12 and over smoke cigarettes. About 45 million of those people would like to quit. Each ye

Smoking Should Be Banned In All Public Areas Ban Smoking In Public Areas Have you ever been to a bar or a public function and wished that the person in front of you would just put out that cigarette' It just seems like in today’s world everywhere you go you see someone puffing away from a nasty cigarette. It gets to be really disgusting after a while, especiall

Smoking In Public Places Yes I think that you should be able to smoke in some public places. Like bar and restaurants that have a smoking area and a non-smoking area and not in department stores or grocery stores. I did not think you should go in to a move and light up a cagrat. Because for many years you could smoke in bars and restaurants that had a smoking and a non- smoking area. T

Smoking Question: Do smokers have a right to smoke when it pollutes the air for them selves or Others' Answer: I believe that in restaurants there should be a non-smoking policy all together, due to the fact that even when I am eating, smoke in the environment makes the food taste bad. I do however think smoking should not be outlawed, I just personally think

Smoking One of the biggest issues is smoking. Smoking should be illegal. One reason being they kill vast amounts of people. Another reason being they waste time and labor for Americans. Smoking causes many diseases. Today our world is troubled by tobacco. Although our economy is dropping we would be better off with out tobacco in our life. Making cigarettes is a waste of time and mone

Cigarettes Cigarette smoking is the greatest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. Secondhand smoke causes numerous lung cancer deaths annually. Measures have been taken in both workplaces and public places to limit exposure to secondhand smoke. The economic cost of smokers to society is phenomenal. It includes monetary costs, lost workdays and shorten

Cigarettes Illegal More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. alone each year are from smoking related illnesses. Why would someone even pick up a cigarette without considering the effects it will have on him or her' Cigarettes should be illegal because cigarettes are a powerful and addicting drug that are very harmful to the people who smoke them, the people who inhale second hand smoke, an

Circumcision Circumcision As the doctor cuts away at my son’s penis, I can not help but to wonder should I be circumcising my son' Did I do the right thing' I hope he is not in too much pain. Many parents lose sleep over this decision, for it is a very difficult choice to make. These days, there is so much controversy over this procedure; you do not know what is right or what is wrong.

Colon Cancer Colon Cancer Colon cancer is the third leading cause of death from cancer patients. Once colon cancer has been spotted in the body a number of tests are run to make sure that the cancer is either benign or malignant. If the cancer is benign the tumor is just simply removed ,but if it is malignant more treatment is required. The process in which determining if the cancer

College Binge Drinking When people hear the word “drug,” they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most people never consider the fact that consuming alcohol can be just as harmful as illegal drugs, not only on the body, but on the mind and spirit as well (#1). If constantly abused, alcohol can be eve

College Health Most doctors and dietitians will agree that college is undoubtedly going to be the unhealthiest period of your life. You will have to make big adjustments to your new freedoms and responsibilities away from home, and this may affect your body in negative ways. These factors usually result in a lack of consciousness of your health. It is imperative that you take into con

Cosmetic Surgery Cosmetic surgery is becoming the norm in the United States. For the most part, people get bodily enhancement to create a sense of uniqueness. While some people just simply cannot; others might have a problem you just cannot stand it. What if you have a physical attribute that just needs perfection' On the other hand, some health procedures require you change you appearan

Cosmetology Cosmetologist is anyone performing manicures, hair cutting, styling, shampooing, makeup or other cosmetology services,” according to The National Accrediting Commission of Cosmetology Arts and Sciences. Hairstylist/Hairdresser, Manicurist/Pedicurist, and Shampooer are job titles that all fall under the umbrella of cosmetology although licensing and training requirements are d

CPR CPR It’s October 26, 2001 and you’re driving on the 198 headed home. A speeding car passes you and cuts you off. You think to yourself what a jerk because two weeks prior you had just gotten a speeding ticket on that same freeway. Then suddenly the car that just cut you off loses control. His vehicle swerves and hits the center divider. You immediately pull over to the accident s

Syphilis Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the spiral bacteria called Treponema pallidum. Syphilis consists of three main stages, primary stage, secondary stage, and latent stage. The latent stage may lead to a final stage called the tertiary stage. There are many cures to syphilis, and it is virtually eliminated from today's society. There are a few ways to contract t

Cystic Fibrosis CYSTIC FIBROSIS Cystic Fibrosis is one of the most common fatal genetic diseases in the United States, which is inherited through a recessive allele. The disorder affects the respiratory, pancreatic and digestive systems because of extraneous mucus. Thankfully, in the last three decades, many technological advances have led to treatments that greatly increase the cha

Dental Hygenist Stress Survival Skills for Dental Hygienists. Access1999; 13(9): 27-31, 37 1. “The body responds to stress in three stages. The alarm reaction (also called the fight of flight reaction), the resistance stage, and the exhaustion stage.” 2. “A variety of studies has shown that stress can be detrimental to one’s physical health by impairing the immune system.” 3. “A pe

Depressants Depressants Depressant: Any of a large group of drugs that depresses the central nervous system and at high doses induces sleep. This includes chloral hydrate, barbiturates, methaqualone, benzodiazepines, and the most popular, alcohol. While doing my research on depressants alcohol seemed to be the “depressant” that came up the most. Alcohol is the most widely used an

Depression Depression is a serious illness that almost 20 million Americans each year. Most cases of depression can be treated, but not everyone gets treatment. Depression is basically feeling sad, not wanting to do anything, and feeling like you are no good. A lot of people feel that every once in a while, but real depression is that feeling that doesn’t go away. Medication is the co

Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes is a chronic, genetically determined, debilitating disease that affects every organ system. There are two major types of diabetes: Type I and Type II. Type I or insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), is caused by the autoimmune destruction of the insulin producing cells of the pancreas and is usually, but not always diagnosed in ch

Diabetes Diabetes I never really thought of diabetes as being a health risk in my life until my grandmother died of diabetes. It was then that I realized that diabetes runs in my family. Diabetes is when the body fails to produce adequate insulin amounts that the body needs to regulate the glucose in the blood. There are two types of diabetes; type 1, which are those who need insu