Nutrition Analysis

Falcon Market

As I walked around the classroom looking at the nutritions of several different foods, I learned a lot of new things. One that surprised me most was the Starbucks station. I noticed that the drink I usually get does not contain many calories. There also isn't a lot of fat in it. Another thing that caught my attention was the Seasonal Produce station. I learned that most fruits and vegetables go by seasons and that is when they are best. In summer, its best to eat fruits such as strawberries and cherries!
Some things that I learned are that its better to have low glycemic index and that when shopping for groceries, you should get protein first, then produce, then healthy fats.

Choose My Plate

Another thing we did was track our own food that we eat on a daily basis. Once I entered in information, like my weight and height, I was told that I should eat around 2000 calories a day. When looking at my results, I noticed that I don't eat enough vegetables and dairy, like milk, and that I do eat a lot of protein each day, which surprised me. To be healthier, I should eat more dairy and drink a lot of milk. Below are 3 days of my foods I tracked!
I would want people to know that eating fat is necessary, you just have to eat the right amount. Also, eat fruits and vegetables that are in season because they are better for you and also taste better!

Health Collage

In my opinion, I think that health has a lot to do with being happy overall and being in good condition, physically and mentally. To be physically healthy is to have things such as low cholestral and low blood sugar. To be mentally healthy is to be happy and to be social in a way with the people around you. The 5 pillars are nutrition, sleep, social, exercise, and stress. Its good to have beneficial nutrition and good social skills, plenty of sleep, a limited amount of stress and a fair amount of exercise. I think that I am strongest with excercise because I manage to get over an hour of excercise each day but something that I cound improve on is having a better nutrition. In regards to health, I would love to learn about different exercises that benefit you most and how much we should exercise overall.

Unit 1 Reflection

      This unit was an intro to anatomy and physiology and biology review. We learned different things like macromolecules and tissues. We learned that the presence of different macromolecules and their arrangement directly affect the behavior of the cell and it's corresponding tissue. The tissue's function is directly related to it's structure.
      Some major things that we learned were the four macromolecules and the different tissues. The macromolecules include carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, and nucleic acid. The different tissues were muscle, nervous, connective, and epithelial. The part that stood out to me the most was the epithelial tissue. There were different types like simple, stratifies,or pseudostratified and squamous, cuboidal, or columnar. I enjoyed looking at pictures of these tissues and identifying which type it was.
      Something I did not fully understand was the levels of organizations. I understand that the levels include chemical level, cellular level, tissue level, organ level, system level, and organismal level. I just don't get the detailed difference between the organ level and system level. 
      Next unit, I will try and read the book more and take more detailed notes if possible. Anatomy and Physiology is really similar to Biology. Both classes discuss major parts of the body  but I think that biology goes into detail in other things too. Anatomy and Physiology only focuses of body structures and functions. 

"Windsor Locks High School." Human Anatomy & Physiology • Page -. N.p., n.d. Web. 08 Sept. 2015.

Tissue Lab

      In the lab we did today, we walked around to different microscopes around the room and saw around 14 different tissues! Next to the microscopes were posters of the tissue types, which are muscle, nervous, connective, and epithelial. 
      For the muscle tissues, I saw different things like human cardiac muscle and the human skeletal muscle. For cardiac, I knew that it had to do with the heart and was located on the walls of the heart. I also learned from the lecture that muscle tissues look like they have branches and that they push blood in the blood vessels and gets them flowing properly. Looking in the microscopes, I saw different things like multiple nuclei, discs, and fibers. 
       Next to muscle tissues, I saw some nervous tissue such as a human nerve. We learned that the nervous tissue transmits electrical signals from sensory receptors to effectors. We saw a variety of things like a human nerve. 
       Then I saw connective tissues. There were so many like the white fibrous tissue and elastic cartialage of a human ear.  The human ear elastic cartialage was similar to the hyaline cartilage. We knew that connective tissues provided structural and metabolic support for other tissues and organs
      Lastly, I saw epithelial tissues. Epithelial tissues could be simple, stratified, or pseudostratified, and squamous, cuboidal, or columnar. We saw different things like human skin and human lung. The human skin was stratified squamous and dense irregular whereas the human lung was simple squamous and single layer.
Below are some pictures from the lab!