"My stomach had the rumblies... that only hands could satisfy" - Carl

Throughout the Falcon Market lab, we looked at the different amounts of trans fat and saturated fat in common foods and drinks that average people eat every day. After going over the portions of what we should eat and how much of specific minerals like sodium to intake, we were given the assignment to record what we eat for 3 days. The results are shown below.

 Out of the 3 days, I had eaten barely any fruits and only about 50% of the daily recommended amounts of vegetables. I also had consumed almost twice the amount of sodium I should have all 3 days. To balance out my diet, I should eat a banana or apple for breakfast in the morning because I almost never eat breakfast and this would help reach my daily fruit need. I should also cut down on the number of times I eat out a week too or at least replace my normal food choices with more healthy alternatives like sushi or salads.

If I were to coach someone on health and nutrition, I would definitely tell them to do a lot of grilling, and BBQing. I find that BBQs are one of the best times to get all of the basic food groups taken care of while also enjoying a meal with friends and family. Most BBQs include a salad, hamburgers, hot dogs or even fish, beans, and fruits to tie you over till the meal is ready.

Healthy. Hearty, Happy. Honey Nut Cheerios

To me, health isn't always a big consideration in my life. I don;t always eat well, I don;t get nearly the amount of sleep I should be, but one thing I always do, is making sure I can handle stress. Out of all the pillars of health, dealing with stress is my strongest because I have seen how stress can change people. I have been improving the amount of exercise I get and keeping myself active, preparing for the end of my football career, but I need to work on my nutrition next. It's something I have been doing this year, eating more vegetables, brown rice, chicken and lean meat, drinking more water, attempting to limit the amount of soda I drink (which is quite hard when going off campus for lunch). I want to learn more about how to recover from injuries quickly and healthily, how to best do the reconditioning process. That's something that is important to me especially because my body is different from others. I have extremely flexible joints and almost a lack of certain connective tissues.

Unit 1 Reflection

This unit was about the basic structure of the anatomy of the body, more specifically
the cells that make up the major portions of the body. There were a lot of things I learned that I had forgotten since biology freshman year, like the different functions of the organelles. Some of the essential things we learned in this unit, like how to describe the location of injuries and things of interest in or on the body, I'm still a little shaky on. I also am not 100% certain on the visual differences between the 4 cell types we learned about. But I did learn how to use the resources that are given to us, better and how the shape of a cell can often show its function.

In the next unit, I plan on staying on top of studying and going over my notes at least 5 mins a night to raise my temp check grades. But one fo the things that will also help me in the next units, is that I am also taking sports med, so I am getting almost double the instruction and review on the body. A very important job that is majorly dependent on anatomy and physiology is Athletic Training. Being an athlete myself, the Schools athletic trainer, Liz, has been a necessary part of my athletic career, especially with the number of injuries that I seem to obtain throughout my sports seasons.

"Cardiac Muscle with Intercalated Disks." Histology Atlas. N.p., n.d. Web. 8 
     Sept. 2015. <http://www2.palomar.edu/users/ggushansky/histology/ 
     index.htm>. 

"Muscle Cells." Bloguez. Bloguez, 17 Feb. 2011. Web. 8 Sept. 2015. 
     <http://picfind1.bloguez.com/picfind1/page2487/>. 

photo courtesy Matt Zung's Mom

Tissue Lab Review

In this lab, I learned the different shapes and sizes of different cells in the body. I have only really looked at cells from a mouth swab, so seeing how even though all the cells in the body started as a small collection of cells, become so diverse. It was cool how cells from the same tissue type were similar but also had enough differences that you couldn't tell without knowing the tissue type prior. The size and shape of the cells helped to figure out the function of what the cells composed. For example, the cells in the blood smear slide were very populated but weren't touching to allow them to flow through the blood stream without clogging anything up. Or like how the lung tissue was shaped in an almost tubular fashion to allow oxygen to flow through the cells.

My poor blood cell drawing

My even worse lung cell drawing