Nutrition Tracker

After monitoring my diet for three days, I learned that, for the most part, I do not eat enough fruits and vegetables. As of now, from two of the days I recorded, the percentage of fruits I ate was 0% and the percentage of vegetables I consumed was less than 50%.

Based off this information, it is imperative that I eat more healthy by adding more food to my diet, especially vegetables and fruits, because I never reached the 100% mark in any of the food groups. In addition, at least for the last two days, I exceeded the limit of consumption of  sodium. Therefore, I need to cut down on my sodium intake by consuming foods with low sodium, such as vegetables and fruits.

Day 1 of using SuperTracker.

Day 2 of using SuperTracker.

Day 3 of using SuperTracker.

If I had the opportunity to coach someone on proper health and nutrition, I would advise that person to balance his or her diet by eating all foods in the five food groups. Carbohydrates and protein are typically common in people's diets, so I would coach him or her to focus eating more foods in the dairy, vegetables, and fruits food groups.

Health

Overall, I believe that I have good nutrition and exercise; however, I lack on sleeping, have a lot of stress, and do not interact well with the environment. I typically sleep 6 hours a day and deal with a lot of stress.

Unit 1 Reflection

This unit was an introduction to anatomy & physiology. The themes and essential understandings were histology, biological molecules, and organs in the human body. In this unit, I learned that tendons are connective tissue and that polysaccharides tasted terrible.

I still did not understand how to differentiate some of the tissues. In the next unit, I will focus on understanding more of the details and diagrams in the passage.

A real world application is working as a doctor. As a doctor, the doctor can identify where the injury is accurately.

The DNA model represents one aspect of
what I learned this unit.
PICTURE TAKEN BY: Kelly Hsu

The skeleton wearing a red baseball cap
is an example of how its anatomy relates to
this unit.
PICTURE TAKEN BY: Kelly Hsu

Josh Billings's quote, "Science is the Literature of Truth," demonstrates the daily quotes that students learn each day.
PICTURE TAKEN BY: Kelly Hsu

Tissue Observations

When people think of the word "tissue," they generally think of the thin, soft paper which people blow or wipe their buggers on. However, that definition of tissue is not the term I want to talk about. Tissues, in the eyes of biologists and the scientific community, are made of many cells and split into four basic types of tissues- epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous. Each of those tissues has a particular purpose in the human body.

This epithelial tissue has continous sheets, as shown above.
Courtesy of University of Tasmania School of Medicine.

Epithelial tissue covers a body surface or lines a body cavity. I want to focus on one aspect of the epithelial tissue- the continuous sheets. In each sample I have viewed, I have noticed the continuous sheets of the epithelial tissue, which is immensely different from the striations of muscle tissue or the fibers in connective tissue. To the left is an example of the epithelial tissue, courtesy of University of Tasmania School of Medicine.

Connective tissue is the most abundant and diverse abundant tissue, composing of three common properties- cells, extracellular fibers, and fluid. What I found most distinctive after viewing the samples was how many of the cells were represented as round circles when viewed on the microscope. Below is a picture of the connective tissue, courtesy of Kent Simmons.

Muscular tissue are composed of several different types- stratified or skeletal muscles, visceral or smooth muscles, and cardiac muscles. I found the human cardiac muscle the most interesting muscular muscle because they are stratified, extensively branched, and uninucleate. Below is a picture of the human cardiac muscle, courtesy of UC San Diego School of Medicine.

Nervous tissue consists of neurons. These neurons are made of three parts- cell body, one or more dendrites, and a single axon. Below is a picture of nervous tissue, courtesy of Austin CC.

References
"Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder." School of Medicine Disciplence of Pathology UTAS. Web. 06 September 2015.
Connective Tissue. N.p., n.d. Web. 06 Sept. 2015. 
"Slides 43, 44, and 45-Human Cardiac Muscle." Slides 43, 44, and 45-Human Cardiac Muscle. Web. 06 Sept. 2015.
"Nervous Tissue." Nervous Tissue. Web. 06 Sept. 2015.