Gestational Diabetes is diagnosed when a higher than normal blood glucose levels are present. The process of diagnosing Gestational Diabetes is called a Glucose Challenge Test or GCT, where blood is taken an hour after the consumption if a glucose drink. If abnormal results are obtained, then an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test or OGTT is completed, this is a similar test; with blood taken before and two hours after the glucose drink is consumed. These tests are normally carried out between 24 and
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Ferdinand Hartwig is an 85 year old male diagnosed with advanced congestive heart failure. Having migrated from Austria to Australia, and now living alone due to the unfortunate death of his wife and daughter 30 years ago, Ferdinand feels quite isolated and alone. Ferdinand’s medical conditions have limited his lifestyle in various ways over the years such as isolation from friends, the closure of his business and consequent financial struggle, interruptions in his dietary and lifestyle choices and
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Robert Chin HUN1201 Principles of Nutrition 04/20/2014 Diabetes Awareness: Signs, Symptoms and, Prevention and Nutrition As a very young child, I grew up watching my mom struggle with her diet every day. She suffered from diabetes and was forced to keep a constant watch over every single morsel of food she put in her mouth. Over the years began to understand much more about the complexities of my mother’s disease and how vital it was for her to maintain
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Obesity – A Social Problem Society is an integral part one “self”. Social problems are the root cause for many other problems. Being obese is not anymore a personal problem. It is ripened into a huge social problem. Let’s brush up the problems caused due to Obesity in today’s modern world. This is an age of modern living, superior technology, luxurious day-to-day, exaggerated money and last but not the least trending obesity. Growing number of cases of obesity has made it into a fully grown social
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"From now on you'll eat what I tell you to .... this is the last time you'll refuse to eat. From now on..." ...Be pretty, but beauty is only skin deep. ...Be sexy, but not sexually active. ...Be happy, but please others, first and foremost. ...Be thin, but stay healthy. ...Be thin. ...Be thin. It sunk in. We received the message. Like everything else, it sunk in. It sunk in with magazine covers and standards and scales and diets. It sunk into the minds of seventy percent
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“Earth's Bounty” is a restaurant that severs vegetarian westernized food. The food is kept at a low priced to reach out to not only vegans and vegetarian’s, but also a younger generation seeking to try something different. Earth Bounty will be open 24 hours and mostly populated within the suburban area. Earth's Bounty goal is to attract a younger audience from the ages of 16-24, research shows that this age demographic makes up the largest vegetarian/vegan population. Another target audience
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To day doctors are using Body Mass Index as the guide lines. One pound of body fat is same as one pound of butter. You can buy various kind of butter with calorie level of 3000 to 3600. 1500 to 1800 is very low daily intake. Most show 2000 to 4000. Again each individual is different, it depends on the metabolism of the individual. Say a person needs 2000 calories per day, and a person is over weight by 20 pounds only. Then by reducing the intake by 200 calories it will take him 15 to
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Contents Fruits: 1 Apple 1 Banana 3 Guava 4 Mango 5 Grapes 6 Peaches 7 Orange /Citrus/ kinnu 8 Water Melon 9 Sweet melon 11 Strawberry 12 Pear 13 Apricot 14 Pomegranate 16 Lychee 17 Pineapple 18 Cherry 19 Black Plum (Jamun) 20 Raspberry 21 Papaya: 23 Fruits: Apple Delicious and crunchy apple fruit is one of the most popular fruit favored by health conscious, fitness freaks who believe in “health is wealth.”Scientific name: Malus domestica
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Stevia Stevia is an herb found in South America (specifically Paraguay) that has been used as a natural sweetener for at least 1500 years. The leaves of the stevia rebaudiana plant have zero calories, carbs and a zero glycemic index. It is also about 30 times sweeter than table sugar. Studies have shown that these leaves also contain other nutrients such as protein, fiber, carbs, iron, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, magnesium, zinc, vitamins A and C, and other oils as well. The sweet glycosides
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Marjorie Gordon (1987) proposed functional health patterns as a guide for establishing a comprehensive nursing data base. A family’s functional health patterns evolve from a client_enviromental interaction. Each pattern is a expression of biopsychosocial integration.There is no one pattern which can be understood without the knowledge of other patterns. Functional health patterns are influenced by biological, developmental, cultural, social, and spiritual factors.A functional pattern represents a
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