I. Summary/Introduction
In this research paper I will be discussing the non-professional subject matter of Glycerin. The point of writing this paper is to inform on the current issue of glycerin. There are many several reasons that a supplement will work or may not work, and the main cause for this paper is to go over the controversy pertained. According to the article The Benefits of Glycerin, Glycerin is a thick, colorless liquid made from fats and oil used in making soaps (Singleton, 2016).
This topic could be considered controversial due to the certain accusations that are made, and what the ingredient is supposedly used for. In the video about herbs and supplements, it discusses what some herbs and supplements are used for and how they
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It was hard to look up the information on her, but of what I have found, she is not related to nutrition in any sort. She is a writer for different articles, and magazines. She has a degree in musicology. The next author I used and article from was Macaela Mackenzie. She is known as a freelance journalist. The article explains that she is a feminist and loves fashion. She does not have anything to do with science or nutrition. I think that Bonnie Singleton’s article was full of helpful information about glycerin, and Macaela Mackenzie’s was too considering she explained much about moisturizer and what glycerin does in the role of using …show more content…
I have learned that it can be used for moisturizing the skin, sex, and many other ideas. I would think that this ingredient can be useful, but it also seems as if it causes more problems than helping any of the issues people can experience. I believe that if this is going to give serious and unnecessary side effects than it would not be so worth it to include in products. Also, there was one part of an article that said how glycerin beverages can help people when they are running to prevent dehydration. In the article from Mercola, it says that one of the side effects from glycerin is excessive thirst (mercola.com). I felt a tossup between what the truth is on that, since you should not be excessively thirsty if the glycerin is supposed to help
Agnes was, “the first to demonstrate that a commonly used food preservative, sulfur dioxide, had a protective effect on vitamin C and a damaging effect on thiamin (King)”. She learned this by studying the vitamin content of many important California-grown foods, wheat, almonds, and walnuts, and the effects of processing them. She also was extremely interested in developing the conclusion of why there were so many low weight (underweight) children, and what the cause was driven from.
Designed as a low carbohydrate diet, Dr. Agatson also relies upon the glycemic index for proper training about how to eliminate “bad”, or high glycemic index
The major use for herbal medicines is for the promotion of health and for therapy for chronic conditions, instead of being used for life-threatening conditions; except in the event of say advanced cancer or new infectious diseases when conventional medicine practices no longer are working an individual may use traditional remedies. While traditional medicines are often mistaken that because they are natural that they are safe, non-toxic, which is not always the case. In cases when an individual is taking herbs with prescription drugs, over-the-counter medications, or other herbs that may cause some adverse side affects. As a flourishing commercial enterprise, it doesn’t matter why an individual uses traditional medicines, it provides important health care services for individuals that have access physically or finantually to allopathic
Wardlaw, G.M. and Smith. Contemporary Nutrition: Issues and Insights. 5th Edition. Boston: McGraw-Hill, pp 85, 2004.
Is an important extract that contain the glucose were the body is in needed to form energy.
An increasing number of people are using products to enhance their diets. A recent estimate indicates, “Americans are spending some $6 billion annually on nutritional supplements, and the market is growing by 20% every year” (Zahn, 1997). Of these supplements, the increase in herbal remedy use is most dramatic. Zahn holds that the increase can be attributed to the widely held belief that herbal substances are healthy and harmless because of their natural origins (1997). Unfortunately, research on these supplements, herbal or otherwise, has not transmitted to the public as quickly as the diet enhancers themselves. The phenomenon leaves many consumers misguided by skewed advertising and uninformed about the potential risks involved in ingesting these seemingly harmless, over the counter substances. The following is an attempt to look at one particular herbal supplement, Ma-Huang (active ingredient, ephedrine), more critically.
One of the reasons that there is so much confusion is the lack of involvement by Federal Food and Drug Administrations in herbal remedies. The Dietary Supplement Health Education Act of 1994 put herbal remedies into the category of dietary supplements. This means that these herbal remedies are not subjected to the same sort of testing that over-the-counter or prescription medications are (USFDA). Michael Mc Guffin, the president of the American Herbal Producers Association has said that testing of these products is unnecessary because, “ these products are tested by years and years of use”.
The only problem with Michael Pollan’s outlook on nutritionism is the fact that he is completely against scientific research on the subject because history in this matter has not been reliable. With any good, there is also bad that follows. This relates to scientific research on nutrients which have provided many useful things to society, yet brought some evils such as processed foods which have plagued the American Diet for many years. Amongst all the countries in the world the United States of America has a population in which two-thirds of their people are obese. When it comes to processed foods, people should take this chemically engineered food with a grain of salt, take a more traditional approach and use current knowledge to promote a healthy
Tyler, Varro. "Should Herbal Remedies Remain in FDA Regulatory Limbo?". Nutrition Forum. Nov/Dec 92, Vol. 9, Issue 6, p41.
According to her personal website, Shaw is currently studying Naturopathic Nutrition at CNM and has just released her first book called “Get the Glow” (About Madeleine Shaw, 2014). In a recent video called “How to Eat Healthy on a Budget” by Madeleine Shaw, she discusses the struggle of attempting to eat healthy in a world where unhealthy habits are cheaper and more efficient. She then goes into further detail about the challenge of staying healthy as a student at a University. In fact, it is shown in a recent study that freshman weight gain is 5.5 times greater than the general population (The Freshman 15, 2015). Shaw provides tips on where to shop for food in order to beat this statistic and get the most value on healthy items, as well as presenting viewers with specific items that will be beneficial to one’s body, and their wallet. She also explains to viewers that wasting food and not having a budget can make eating healthy extremely expensive. This short video by Shaw is just a glimpse into her many healthy lifestyle videos that she uses to engage her YouTube community of health
I could trust the material he was presenting because he used a popular and reliable news channel. He also used visual aids to help us visualize the amount of sugar the average child’s intakes in a one month span in just milk alone. He stated that he was a chef and that he uses information and education instead of expensive equipment. Being that I am in the Culinary Arts program here at Stark, I know what classes are needed to become a chef, and a nutrition class is required. I know that there is a lot of information to learn and read about to know all of the things that he has stated.
Campbell, T. Colin, and Nancy Rodriguez. "Would We Be Healthier with a Vegan Diet?." Wall Street
Suzuki, Y., Miyoshi, N., & Isemura, M. (2012). Health-promoting effects of green tea. Proceedings of the Japan Academy, 88(3), 88-101.
Vitamins, a group of organic substances required in our diets in small amounts for growth and nutrition, are usually found in foodstuffs or taken as supplements. Yet vitamins probably present a wider gap between myth and reality in the layman's understanding than almost any other area of our diet. Surveys have found that while a majority of Americans do take vitamin supplements on a regular or occasional basis for reason of health concerns, there exists enormous confusion about the actual purpose and benefits of this practice ("Use of Vitamin and Mineral Supplements in the United States," 1990:161). Most people have a recognition that Vitamin C prevents scurvy, that Vitamin A is found in fish-liver oils, or that Vitamin D is found in dairy products; many people believe that Vitamin E preserves youth and prevents sterility, or that Vitamin C can present colds and cancer. Beyond this, however, there is still considerable ignorance and widespread myth.
Frequently a person believes that herbal medicine is more naturally safe and soothing than drugs. Nevertheless, there’s no reasonable defense about this. Though many consumers trusted herbal medicine much more than the synthetic medicine because it’s safe and effective, but like anything else, it has its own limitations too. There are several hostile issues related to herbal medicine that has been quite alarming. Notwithstanding, majority of the most popular herbs are at least nearly safe.