...Dehydration SCI/241 Dehydration “Water is of major importance to all living things; in some organisms, up to 90% of their body weight comes from water” ("U.S. Geological Survey", 2011). The human body is over 60% water; some if its organs are even higher. Without water or enough of it, there is no life. Dehydration is losing excessive amounts of water and not receiving enough to replenish what is lost. Without proper hydration the body can’t function properly. The body can’t store water. Therefore, maintaining water balance in the body is very important. Function of Water in the Body Water helps with many different body functions. “Water bathes the cells of the body and lubricates and cleanses internal and external body surface” (Wiley, 2012). Water is an important factor in joint lubrication and the building of cartilage. It also helps with production of energy, cell function, and metabolism. Water also helps the body by maintaining temperature (sweat). Another important function is the removal of waste from the body (uric acids). Water is Essential The amount of water need varies. It depends on age, temperature, and activities. Children need more hydration than adults. The elderly also need more hydration because the levels drop with age. Participation in physical activity will also increase the need for proper hydration. In hotter climates or physical activity it is easier to become dehydrated. As the body produces sweat to cool its temperature, hydration levels drop...
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...Water Function Essay SCI 241 October 27, 2012 Water Function Essay After researching minerals I found out the importance minerals have on the body and the sources in which provide the best nutrients of minerals. I also learned a great deal of information on water and its function in the body. The body requires many minerals these minerals are known as essential minerals and can be broken down into two categories macro mineral also known as major minerals, and micro minerals also known as trace minerals. There are a total of 7 major minerals and they are: sodium, chloride, potassium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and sulfur. There are 9 trace minerals and they are: molybdenum, chromium, fluoride, manganese, copper, selenium, iodine, zinc, and iron. I will explain their function the body as well as sources for these minerals. Let’s start with major minerals sodium function in the body is for muscle contractions, fluid balance, and nerve transmission, it can be found in table salt, breads, and unprocessed meats. Chloride is needed for stomach acids, and the balance of fluids, it can be found in table salt. Potassium is similar to sodium; calcium is necessary for healthy bones, teeth, helps relax muscles, nerve function, and blood pressure and clotting; calcium can be found in milk products, fish, and greens. Phosphorus is needed for healthy bones and teeth, balance of acid and bases can be found in meats, fish, and eggs. Magnesium is found in nuts, and seafood, is needed...
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...WATER AND MINERALS JESSICA STEFFEY SCI/241 5/28/2014 KIMBERLY STEPHENSON WATER AND MINERALS Water and minerals are a vital part of keeping your body healthy and happy. When it comes to our bodies, it is up to us to keep them running at top form. Minerals are basically the spark plug to our motor. Minerals are the catalysts that keep our “battery” charged and running. The minerals keep the “charge” for the “battery”. Our bodies cannot produce minerals so we must consume the minerals that we need. The minerals come from the earth. Good soil can have 45% minerals in it. Minerals help the skeleton, help energy production, nerve and muscle functions, and help with the immune health. They maintain the pH balance in the body. There are 103 minerals, at least 18 of these are necessary for good health. There are two categories of minerals essential within the body. They are called macro-minerals and micro-minerals. “There can be no one mineral deficiency, they must be maintained in balance within the body.”(Divine Health 2012) Hydration is one of the very few primary needs for the human body. There are five basic functions of water in our body. They are cell life, chemical and metabolic reactions, transport of nutrients, and body temperature regulation. The last one would be the elimination of water. A healthy sedentary adult who lives a temperate climate should drink about 1.5 liters of water every day. Dehydration can kill a person. The general symptoms are...
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...Dehydration XXXXXXXX Axia College of University of Phoenix Dehydration Water is a major component of blood, helps to lubricate joints, and allows electrolytes to power nerve responses. Grosvenor and Smolin wrote in Nutrition: Everyday choices (2006) that the average person’s body is 60% water weight, and keeping enough water in the body is a continuing task for everyone. The loss of one to two, up to four or more liters of water each day in sweat alone is an indicator of how important consuming enough water is. (Grosvenor & Smolin, 2006). By examining the functions of water and what can happen when the body does not receive enough of it, this essay will outline the important role water plays in keeping humans alive and healthy. Of the many essential nutrients humans consume to sustain their healthy lives water is by far consumed in larger quantities and with more urgency. (Grosvenor & Smolin, 2006). So much water is needed to power the body that even though 90% of water is reabsorbed during digestion Grosvenor and Smolin (2006) cite the Institute of Medicine, Food and Nutrition Board’s recommendation for water intake: 2.7 liters for females and 3.7 liters for males, every day. Grosvenor & Smolin go on to inform that one of the main ways the body loses much of this water is through the elimination of excess vitamins, minerals and waste products. The more of these particles one’s body has to expel, the more water it needs to eliminate them. This elimination...
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...Dehydration Marty Oliver SCI/241 Version 5 01/30/2012 Abstract I am writing a paper on the effects of dehydration. Included in this paper, I will be explaining the answer of why is water essential to health maintenance? What are the functions of water in the body? What happens to the body when it does not get the water it needs? I will also compare and contrast how different electrolytes-sodium, potassium, and chloride- function in the body. What effects might alcohol and caffeine have on hydration levels in the body? What steps may people take to ensure they do not become dehydrated? Your body cannot function without water. Your body is made up of over 2/3 of your body and is essential for all cells and organs to operate properly. Without it your body will be able to survive only a few days. One of the functions of water in the body is that it flushes toxins, helps in cell functioning, and it helps the throat, nose, and ears function. Water is the seat for the fluids that go around the joints which enables them to move easily without pain. Joints consist of synovial fluid, bursas, ligaments, tendons, synovial membranes, and cartilage. Water is a must for the body to perspire naturally. Sweating is the body’s instrument to maintain the body’s cool when presented with increased anxiety, high activity levels or more anxiety or excessive heat. The body will not decently sweat in response to these stimuli without proper water content. Water is essential...
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...Assignment: Dehydration Name: Dorein Pfeil Class: SCI/241 Instructor: Michele Lyons What is dehydration- well the book example tells us that it is when the body is lacking the water to keep the body cool and when that is depleted we then experience what is known as dehydration. But what cause it to happen. Well you know after a work out we are sweating. That sweat is used for cooling the body, without sweat our bodies would overheat and shut down cause our bodies wouldn’t be able to handle the tempreture increase from working out or just being outside on a hot day. Our body is made up of 75% water and it is important that it is maintained in order to keep us cool. One important factor to understand about the water inside the body is that water is an ever moving, working part of our system. Upon the body recognizing the need for extra water in one area, the body will move the water through a process of osmosis, from an area that has a higher concentration. Blood pressure assists the process of osmosis with moving water to different areas of the body. Everything living requires food and water to survive without it the circle of life would be broken and then there would be a fight for survival and eventually when all the resources have been removed then the...
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...Dehydration Amelia D. Sneed Axia College of University of Phoenix SCI/241 The Science of Nutrition Dr. Liam Conner 20 February 2011 Dehydration Water is a necessity to the body for many obvious reasons. Without water a human being would die within a couple of days. The human body is composed of nearly 70% of water; making water the most important element needed for the body to function, next to the oxygen needed to breathe. When the body has an excessive loss of water or depletion of body water people are usually diagnosed as being dehydrated. When a person suffers from dehydrated there are several changes that occur within the body. However the loss of water within the body does not have to be a large percentage, with only two percent depletion of the body’s water supply people can suffer from signs of dehydration (Lewis III, 2008). The onset symptoms of dehydration can be signs of changes in the body such as difficulty focusing, cloudy memory and even the inability to focus on a television or computer screen. An estimated 75% of US citizens have a mild form of dehydration which is also one of the most common causes of daytime fatigue (Merck, 2009). However, some people are not aware of just how important it is to consume an appropriate amount of water on a day to day basis, to maintain the body’s ability to properly function. Water is the bare essential needed to maintain healthiness, as dehydration can prove to be potentially dangerous...
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...1 Dehydration Mike Martin SCI/241 01/21/2012 Mike Esposito 2 Water is important for creating and sustaining life. In humans, the body is made up of about sixty percent water. Every part of our body including muscle, bone, and blood consists of some percentage of water. About a third of our total body water is extracellular fluid, which is fluid outside and between cells and water in our blood. This is the most important as the blood in our bodies delivers the oxygen and nutrients to all cells. Without the proper amount of water everyday there is a risk of dehydration. Severe dehydration can cause nerve damage, seizures, abnormal blood pressure, brain damage, arrhythmia, and even death. Water is essential to everyday health maintenance as it helps in the balance of our body fluids, such as absorption, digestion, circulation, and distribution of nutrients. The muscles, which are about seventy-five percent water, need that balance of fluids to perform properly. This is especially true when exercising, or running. Body temperature is also regulated with the help of water, since water changes temperature slowly. Water also helps the body get rid of toxins through the kidneys. Without enough fluids the kidneys will keep extra fluids instead of passing them through urine. Water also helps pass food through the intestines, which in turn prevents constipation. 3 Every function in our bodies runs smoothly and works properly with an adequate supply of water. This could...
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...Mineral and Water Functions Essay SCI/241 Lisa Shadow 6/15/2013 The body needs essential minerals to thrive and maintain life. These minerals are divided into two categories; major minerals (macrominerals) and trace minerals (microminerals). Both mineral groups are found in plant and animal sources. Both are needed in the body, but trace minerals are needed in smaller amounts than major minerals. Below is a chart with the major minerals, their functions and the sources they are found in. These major minerals include: Mineral | Function | Source | Sodium | Nerve transmission, fluid balance and muscle contraction. | Table salt, processed foods, soy sauce, vegetables. | Chloride | Major negative extracellular ion, fluid balance. | Table salt, soy sauce, processed food. | Potassium | Needed for proper fluid balance, nerve transmission and muscle contractions. | Meat, milk, fresh fruit and vegetables, whole grain. | Calcium | Important for bones and teeth, helps muscles contract and relax, important in nerve functioning, blood clotting, blood pressure regulation and immune system health. | Milk and milk products, canned fish, fortified tofu and soy milk, broccoli, mustard greens. | Phosphorus | Important for healthy bones and teeth, found in every cell, part of the cell that maintains acid balance. | Meat, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, processed food, including soda. | Magnesium | In bones, needed to make protein, muscle contractions nerve transition, immune system health...
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...performance. As this focus on performance has increased, the area of recovery has received relatively limited focus. Recovery is a multi-faceted paradigm focusing on recovery from training—session to session, day to day and week to week. Recovery is also vitally important during training as well as in competition between matches and between days during multi-day tournaments. As more information is needed in the area of tennis specific recovery, the Sport Science Committee of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) sponsored an extensive evidence-based review of the available literature related to eight distinct areas of tennis-specific recovery. These eight areas are: • • • • • • • • Nutritional Aspects of Tennis Recovery Heat and Hydration Aspects of Tennis Recovery Psychological Aspects of Tennis Recovery Recovery Aspects of Young Tennis Players Physiological Aspects of Tennis Recovery Musculoskeletal Injuries/ Orthopedics...
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...Three Day Diet Analysis Karen Proctor SCI/241 January, 13, 2013 Timothy Baghurst The Choose My Plate website provided by the U.S. government provides a way to plan, track, and compare meals based on the nutrients needed by the individual. Using the Super Tracker to track my food for the last 3 days and comparing it to what should be eaten was an eye opening experience. My eating habits at this time include eating quite a bit of fast food and prepackaged food. I skip breakfast most mornings and have only a cup of coffee. I may eat a piece of fruit and then I work 3 or 4 hours before I get a snack of maybe a piece of fried chicken from KFC and a biscuit. Later, I may drink a cup of tea and by the time I make it home after 6 p.m., I usually eat until I go to bed. I eat chips and dip, candy, cookies, and more fruit, if I have it. I know this is not a healthy diet and I plan to use the food tracker to continue to track my meals and make healthier choices. The recommendations I received from the Super Tracker included a diet of no more than 2000 calories a day. My plan included less than 258 calories from empty calories ounces a day of grains, including substituted whole grains for refined grains at least half the time. I am to eat 2.5 cups of vegetables a day, including dark green, red, and orange vegetables such as spinach, broccoli, and carrots. Two cups of fruit a day are included in my meal plans. The Super Tracker recommends using a wide variety of fruit, by...
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...de Dehydration Mary J House Sci 241 University of Phoenix August 12, 2012 Water. People really don’t think about water and the importance of it as much as they should. Water is the one thing that we must give our bodies enough of or we will shrivel away into nothingness and die. We can go for days on end without eating food and we will lose weight, but we will survive. This is not the case with water, we must have it in order to stay alive, we could not go many days with no water. Most people don’t realize that our bodies are actually made up of 60% water. If we do not drink enough water we will dehydrate. If we become dehydrated it means that we have lost more water than we have taken into our bodies. Different things and circumstances cause our bodies to expel water and we must drink enough to replace what we put out. Water plays a huge role in our bodies, water is what enables us to sweat, urinate, water pushes poisons out of our systems when we are sick. There are many ill effects of not getting enough water and dehydrating. People can actually die from dehydration. In order to stay hydrated and keep our bodies functioning properly it is imperative that we drink plenty of water. Water does more than we can imagine in our bodies. Water is what regulates the bodies temperature and it is also a cushion for your joints. Water is what helps us to urinate and have bowel movements. Water can also help us to lose weight...
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...SCI/241 Sunday-April 1, 2012 Kerri Kislin Tracking food intakes is essential to determine if a person is consuming adequate nutrients over periods. Tracking intakes helps to get on track and stay on track with healthy nutritional diets. Keeping track helps to determine if adjustments made to the diet are sufficient to achieve optimal nutrient amounts. After making the adjustments a food intake tracker will help to determine if more adjustments need made later or if I am on the right track. A food diary is an excellent way to track food intakes and calorie intakes. I input my food intakes from Monday to Wednesday and compared them with a previous intake analysis from six weeks ago. The new analysis was encouraging, my nutritional intakes improved drastically especially in the area of protein which was a previous struggle. My vegetable intake has increased to a good level; my whole grain intake has increased to a good level, and my protein intake increased. The new analysis did still show a need for improvement in dairy and fruit. My weekly intake of dairy and fruit has improved however, my daily intakes are still lacking. I need to work to find alternates methods of receiving adequate dairy intakes such as supplements, purchasing soymilk, or yogurts. I also need to continue to work at including fruit in my daily diet, I can grab an apple or banana with my breakfast bar I take to work with me. I purchased kiwi for...
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...SCI 241 – Week 5 Assignment: Dehydration Christina Doner Our bodies are made up of mostly water. What does that mean? Exactly how it sounds. Water is found in every part of the body; from tissue, to muscle, and in the bone. Bodies depend on water for lubrication, protection, oxygen in the blood (which too is mainly water), in addition to the delivery of nutrients throughout the body. Consequently, water is essential to the survival of human life. Most importantly, bodies do not store water, resulting in obligatory consumption of water on a daily basis to replenish or restore water that was lost through evaporation or urination. Each person’s body is different, so the best way to configure how much water to consume on a daily basis is to ask a doctor or trained physician. Dehydration occurs when a body is losing more fluids than is consumed, and does not have adequate amount of water and other fluids to carry out its normal functions. Water is crucial in maintaining fluid balance throughout the body. Our bodies require adequate amounts of water in our system to regulate body functions and remain healthy. Some examples of what water does for our bodies are; moistening the eyes, help with chewing and break down of food through the mixture of saliva, and to lubricate and protect our bodies joints. So, the most important task of water is its controlling response to chemical reactions. Water is essential in regulating and maintaining our body’s temperature, assuring it...
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...FORMULATION AND EVALUATION OF TOPICAL GEL CONTAINING AZITHROMYCIN AND PREDNISOLONE VESICLES FOR TREATING PSORIASIS Sonia Tomar, Tinku Singhal, ABSTRACT Psoriasis is a chronic, autoimmune systemic inflammatory disease, associated with metabolic syndrome, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes and many other diseases. There is various type of psoriasis but most common type of psoriasis is caused by Psoriasis vulgaris. It is characterized by rigid of skin due to increase in the level of cholesterol and fall in the level of ceramide. Apart from that it is associated with an immune system of the body means movement of immune cells from dermis to the epidermis, where they stimulate skin cells (keratinocytes) to proliferate. Various type of drug delivery system are used for the treatment of psoriasis including topical, oral or systemic but gels prepration of azithromycin and prednisolone are more effective in reduction of purities, scaling and hyperkeratosis of psoriasis plaque. Niosomal/Vesicular gel, has been explored extensively for topical application to enhance skin penetration as well as skin retention. Prednisolone and azithroycin together provide effective results in the treatment of psoriasis. Due to high entrapment efficiency and stability, gel prepration (Azithromycin & Prednisolone) reduce the scaly patches and suppression of humoral immunity. Keywords: Niosome, Immunity, Topical, Psoriasis, Gel, Azithromycin, Prednisolone. INTRODUCTION Psoriasis is recognized...
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