1. When the body depletes its salt and water supplies, sweating stops and heat loss by evaporation of sweat is blocked. 2. Mark has lost a great deal of his electrolytes through sweating earlier in the day containing sodium, potassium, calcium, chloride and bicarbonate. All aid in the ability for the body to maintain homeostasis and muscle control. 3. During a heat stroke, your body is unable to properly cool itself. When it is unable to cool itself, the core body temperature rises rapidly
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refreshes your mouth and gives off a pleasing smell. Chlorophyll present in leaves also absorbs odours and leaves you with a refreshing breath. 2. Gargle with Salt Water Rinsing and gargling with salt water can clear bacteria as well as food particles and debris on which the bacteria feed on. Put one teaspoon of salt in lukewarm water and swirl the mixture until the salt dissolves completely. Gargling with this mixture will also help you keep a healthy mouth. 3. Brush with Baking Soda Baking
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Important vitamins for growing children Vitamins are important organic compounds both derived naturally or artificially and constitute a portion of the balanced diet. Vitamins could be added in meals either through vegetables, cereals, fruits or artificial vitamin supplements. Children grow at much faster pace than the adults, not only their body grows but their body functions increase rapidly. The body and brain of the children require a healthy diet to keep the cells multiplying and growing while
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Algae is a plant which range from the microscopic(microalgae) to more than one hundred feet in length. Microalgae include cyanobacteria(blue-green algae) as well as green, brown and red algae. Algae grows in water resources such as brackish, sea and waste water unsuitable for cultivating agricultural crops. Most microalgae grow through photosynthesis which is by converting sunlight, CO2 and a few nutrients, including nitrogen and phosphorus ,into material known as biomass. This is called “autotrophic”
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One of the famous treatments for head lice is putting Vaseline, olive oil and mayonnaise. This is kept overnight and then washed in the morning. You can use shower cap to retain the solution on the head and to prevent spoiling bed sheets. Tea tree oil and other essential oils are natural lice killer. They can be put on the hair for overnight and then washed of in the next morning. It is very effective home remedies for head lice. Wash your hairs with vinegar. It kills all the nits in two days
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20Jul2011 Aurora Merry ackwell Above all vitamins and minerals water is the most essential to the human body. Without water life would not exist. Water is amazing, it covers 70% of the earth, is the only substance on the earth that occurs naturally as a solid, a liquid and a gas, and is more necessary to human life to exist than any other substance. Water fills our cells, water is the main component in blood, that moves nutrients through the body, water helps with digestion, from saliva to moving
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Dehydration The body is made of 60% water and serves in the functions of digestion, circulation, secretion of saliva, the transportation of nutrients and the maintenance of the body’s temperature. We may go on without food for a long period of time but without water we may die of dehydration. Water or fluids is important when exercising because fluids can be lost during exercising through sweating and may result in muscle fatigue. With proper hydration you skin will look refreshed and your skins
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Health, & Wellness w/ Lab 8 February 2014 Water: An Overlooked Essential Nutrient Welcome, my name is Karina Padilla I am a registered dietician. I have invited you to lunch and learn about, what you will select for a yearlong beverage contract from these three choices water, Gatorade, and Powerade. The role of water in our body are giving cell life, where water is a carrier, distributing essential nutrients to cells as minerals, vitamins, and glucose. It also has chemical and metabolic
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produce trehalose, described in depth as a, “special protective sugar that forms a gel-like medium that suspends and perseveres the organelles and membranes that make up the animal’s cells.” (Bradford) To simplify, trehalose wraps around the remaining water molecules in the body, to prevent evaporation in a sporadic temperature increase, and further preserve the Tardigrade. Some theorize this technique of survival was only acquired by some Tardigrades. But due to their unbelievably small size, the sugar
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of foods. However, in today’s world milk is consumed by adults for food, as an antidote, and for skin care therefore, making it an essential commodity to every society. Milk contains essential vitamins and nutrients that cater to the well being of both adults and children; this includes calcium, vitamins A, B & D. The history of milk began in the Neolithic age (the new stone age), a time when humans started the transition from hunting and gathering to a more settled way of life. Life Cycle
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