Zoya Naumchik Professor Scully BISC 1005 Connections Assignment 11/25/2014 The topic that was often discussed in class this semester and that has truly interested me the most is the chemical building blocks and nutrition. Nutrition can be defined as nourishment and the process of selecting, preparing foods and getting those foods into our bodies then use them as raw materials for growth and development, vitamins, […]

It seems these days that the building blocks of proteins, affectionately known as “amino acids”, are tiny little gold nuggets that bestow superhuman powers upon anyone lucky enough to stumble upon them in a sports gel, capsule, fizzy drink or cocktail. After all, these little guys are starting to get put by nutrition supplement manufacturers into just about everything, from your engineered pre-workout snack, to […]

There are many different work out supplements. Some of those work out supplements are Proteins/Amino Acids, Performance Supplements, Energy Boosting Products, and Vitamins. The first work out supplement we are going to tell you about is Proteins/Amino Acids. One supplement that is made of Protein is called, “The Ultimate Whey Designer Protein.” This designer protein is 68% better than egg white and or regular whey. […]

It is the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) obligation to protect individuals in the United States from using and consuming harmful products. The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act defines a dietary ingredient as a vitamin; mineral; herb or other botanical; amino acid; dietary substance for use by man to supplement the diet by increasing the total dietary intake; or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, […]

Herbal Remedies in FDA Limbo   Thesis: There needs to be regulation of herbal remedies and dietary supplements from an outside source that is not interested in the monetary benefits from the herbal market. Although herbal remedies and dietary supplements can be beneficial to many Americans, the United States needs to implement an administration to analyze, research, and regulate what herbs are in supplements, and […]

Do you ever question what is really in the food you eat? Is a piece of steak really just a piece of steak from a cow’s body? Is a bowl of rice really a bowl of rice grown on a farm? If you answer no to any of these questions, don’t feel bad you’re just like 90 percent of other Americans. The multibillion dollar genetically […]

Exploring Multiple Personality Disorder   In popular culture, Dissociation, and Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder–MPD) is considered a very exotic, rare and enigmatic psychological phenomenon (11). It seems that, especially in the media and entertainment, multiple personality disorder is stigmatized by a number of quite florid and nearly hysterical symptoms. Clinically, however, Multiple Personality Disorder has been recognized for centuries and […]

The psychological perspective views the illness as being caused by underlying conflicts that are rooted in our brains. “Freud believes that events in our childhood can have a significant impact on our behavior as adults. He also believed that people have little free will to make choices in life. Instead, our behavior is determined by the unconscious mind and childhood experiences.” (McLeod 2007) Through this […]

Psychologists’ perspectives play an important role in how they approach research and the treatment of their clients. Today Christian psychologists are trying to figure where their faith fits in with their psychological practices. God has supplied Christians with Biblical answers regarding how one is to live one’s life that can be found in His word, but the question remains “How does one integrate God’s word […]