Friday, December 9, 2011

Vitamins and Water affecting the health

Vitamins dont provide growth but they help with growth, sickness, and bathroom use. 

Water helps vitamins make chemical reactions and helps get rid of the waste in your body.

http://www.menshealth.com/nutrition/top-10-supplements-men

1. BORON TO PROTECT YOUR PROSTATE
Men with the highest boron intakes are 65 percent less likely to develop prostate cancer than men with lower levels, studies show. American men have one of the lowest boron intakes in the world.
How much? 3 milligrams (mg) a day. It doesn't just fight cancer: USDA researchers found that this is the best dosage to improve memory and concentration.
Tip: It's not in every store, but GNC carries it. If you can't find it, eat raisins and almonds.
2. CALCIUM TO LOSE WEIGHT AND STRENGTHEN BONES
Most men don't get the recommended 1,000 mg of calcium a day (a cup of milk has 300). Men with the highest calcium intakes weigh less on average than men consuming less calcium.

How much?
Aim for 1,200 mg calcium citrate—half in the morning, half at night, to maximize absorption. Avoid coral calcium, which can be full of impurities.

Tip:
If you already eat three servings of dairy a day, you won't need the excess calcium. There's a risk you may exceed the maximum intake of 2,500 mg.



3. CHROMIUM TO WARD OFF DIABETES
You may know it as a muscle-building supplement, but if you're overweight or diabetes runs in your family, "taking chromium is one of the best things you can do to help keep insulin levels where they belong," says Richard Anderson, Ph.D., a researcher with the USDA. Chromium improves the body's sensitivity to insulin, making it easier to keep blood-sugar levels under control.
How much? 35 micrograms (mcg) a day. Check the label for "chromium picolinate," the form that studies have found to be the most effective.
Tip: If you already are diabetic, ask your doctor if you should take 200 mcg, Anderson says.
4. COENZYME Q10 TO BOOST ENERGY
Your body produces coenzyme Q10; it helps cells manage your body's energy supply. But as you get older, production decreases. The only way to get back up to youthful levels is by taking a supplement. Recent studies suggest that coenzyme Q10 may fight cancer, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease, and may thin the blood to help prevent heart disease. Q10 is also packed with free-radical-fighting antioxidants, which can slow the signs of aging.
How much? Researchers recommend 100 mg a day. You won't find Q10 in a multivitamin or get any useful quantity from food.
Tip: If you're taking statins, which can reduce Q10, consider upping your intake to 200 mg.
5. CREATINE TO BOOST MUSCLE AND MEMORY
Researchers at the Medical College of Wisconsin found that men taking creatine for just 2 to 3 months increased their maximum bench presses by an average of 15 pounds and their squats by 21 pounds. Australian researchers say memory and intelligence test scores improved after just 6 weeks of creatine use.

5 organs that can be transplanted and 4 typs of prostheses

The five organs that can be transplanted are blood, heart, lungs, cornea, liver, skin, and kidneys.



You can have a prothesis leg, arm, eye, foot, and leg.

5 Characteristics of Mammals

The five characteristics of mammals are nursing of young, body hair, live birth, extended parental core, and and outer ear.

Mammals develop three different ways from other animals.  They are egg-laying, pouched mammals, and placental mammals.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Birds

A birds body is divided by head, neck, trunk, tail bones are lightweight and filled with air.
The 4 categories of birds are Flightless birds, water birds, perching birds, and birds of prey.
The feathers on a bird adapt by growing more if need be or losing some if need be.
The 3 main divisions of a bird's brain are the Cerrebellum, mid brain, and the cerebrum.  The cerrebellum controls flying and walking, the midbrain tectum is the center of vision.
Birds know where to migrate to because of instict and partly learned behavior.

Reptiles

The difference between crocodiles and alligators are that they have different noses and there teeth.

The two methods snakes use to kill there prey are strangling and poison.

The advantage of side-winding for a snake is it helps move in sand.

The difference between endothermic and ectothermic animals.


Endothermic animals are warm blooded.
Ectothermic animals are cold blooded.

Frog link for how frogs show enviromental health and Frog Questions

http://www.tropical-rainforest-animals.com/Tropical-Frogs.html

The ear is connected to the mouth. 
Frogs swallow the food and it goes to the small intestine which most of the digestion is done, then the food goes into the large intestine where the waters gets taken or sperated from food.  The last part of digestion is the waste leaves the body.
Frogs take oxygen in through their mouth, lungs, and skin.
They hibernate in logs or bury themselves in mud.