Blood Pressure Lab

Systolic pressure is the result of contraction of the ventricles. The diastolic pressure is taken during the ventricle during relaxation. Heart rate is measured using fingers, while your blood pressure is taken with the sphygmomanometer. Using your thumb to measure heart rate is not ideal because your thumb has its own pulse. Therefore if you try to take your heart rate with your thumb, the two contradictory rates will be confusing.

Steps to use a sphygomomanometer: 

1. Position the pressure cuff on the right arm with the palm up. The arm should be at the same level as the heart. 
2. Inflate the cuff until it reaches 150mmHg. Deflate the cuff by turning the valve and allow it to deflate completely. Wait 30 seconds. 
3. In order to find the systolic pressure, listen closely as you let out air. As soon as you hear a faint tapping, note the reading on the gauge. 
4. In order to find diastolic pressure, at the exact point when you are unable to hear any more rhythmic tapping or swishing sounds, read the gauge. 
5. Blood pressure is written fractionally with systolic pressure over diastolic pressure. 

Unit 2 Reflection

Being healthy is a lot more than the absence of sickness. It incorporates physical, mental and social wellbeing. Sound individuals have the capacity to adapt to ordinary exercises and to adjust to their environment. An absence of illness is an attractive state, yet it doesn't characterize wellbeing, it is not a measure for wellbeing, and only it is not adequate to create wellbeing. 

The health triangle actually encompasses physical, mental and social wellbeing. Mental heath manages how we think, feel and adapt to day by day life. Additionally, this branch includes learning, anxiety administration, and dysfunctional behaviors or issues. Social wellbeing addresses the way we respond with individuals inside of our surroundings. It incorporates general wellbeing, family connections, and companion connections. Physical wellbeing includes the body's capacity to work. Physical wellbeing has numerous parts like activity, sustenance, rest, liquor and medications, and weight administration.


Hormones play a huge role in maintaining health. An essential capacity of leptin is to go about as a messenger to provide information on how much fat is stored. Leptin is discharged into the circulatory system by fat cells (adipocytes) in extent to the measure of fat mass. The more fat a man has, the more leptin discharged. 

Cortisol impacts, manages or balances a significant number of the progressions that happen in the body in light of anxiety. Glucagon serves to keep blood glucose levels sufficiently high for the body to capacity well. At the point when blood glucose levels are low, glucagon is discharged and flags the liver to discharge glucose into the blood. Insulin is a hormone that makes our body's cells collect glucose from the blood. The glucose is put away in the liver and muscle as glycogen and prevents the body from utilizing fat as a source of energy. At the point when there is next to no insulin in the blood, or none by any means, glucose is not taken up by body cells.


I also learned that there are six major classes of nutrients. 

I watched a TED talk last year about the importance of sleep. Not only is it the only way to rest our bodies, it also affects our emotional and physical responses to external sources of stress. People who got less sleep or poor sleep had slower reaction times when driving than people who got a lot of sleep. I thought this related to our unit because an entire pillar of health was solely dedicated to sleep. Out of all the pillars, I believe that my weakest link is sleep. I almost never get enough sleep, which results in a lethargic attitude throughout the day. I think that promoting greater health at Saratoga begins with sleep, so administrators should attempt to decrease the amount of homework assigned to students. 

HEALTH GOALS:

Monday Wellness Reflection

For my Monday Wellness project, I chose probiotics because I'm personally fascinated with the role that these bacteria play in human anatomy and physiology. Over the past few years, more and more research has been done to prove the health benefits of consuming probiotics. The word “probiotic” is actually made up of two Greek words: “pro,” which means promotion of and “biotic,” which means life. Probiotics are microorganisms of over five hundred different types of bacteria that work by enhancing the immunes system to fight off disease and illness.

There are many ways to obtain a healthy dose of probiotics. Probiotic milk is milk that has probiotics added to it, as it isn't a characteristic source of probiotics. Other dairy items that are fermented, for example, yogurt and buttermilk, contain probiotics. Most soy and almond milk brands don't have critical measures of probiotics. On the other hand, there are brands of both that are absolutely filled with probiotics. Simply search for "probiotics" on the name or any reference to live societies. That is a decent sign that the item has been strengthened with probiotics. One of the best ways to consume probiotics is through consuming yogurt. It has great microscopic organisms like lactobacillus or bifidobacteria. Search for labels to make sure your most loved brand of yogurt is a rich wellspring of probiotics. Other great sources are sauerkraut, miso soup, matured, delicate cheeses (like Gouda), and even sourdough bread. The basic element of every one of these foods is fermentation, a procedure that creates probiotics.

Going through the human digestive tract can be extremely trying for probiotic microscopic organisms. The high corrosive levels in the stomach and pancreatic discharges, for example, digestive compounds and bile in the small digestive system can prompt digestive issues. Albeit some microscopic organisms are more safe than others to this anxiety, utilization of probiotics with sustenance, including milk, yogurt and other dairy items, cushions stomach corrosive and can expand the chance that the microorganisms will make due into the digestive system. Eating yogurt may help with specific sorts of diarrhea. By renewing the great microscopic organisms that may have been lost, yogurt can help bring the bad microbes back in balance. On the other hand, in the event that you have fever, stomach torment or swelling, or the runs keeps going more than a few days, yogurt is probably unable to help you then.

Yogurt is essentially refined milk or cream to which you can include sweeteners, natural product purees or fresh fruits. When you make your own yogurt at home, you have control over the ingredients, which means you can modify the sweetness to your preferring, utilizing nectar, maple syrup, sugar or another sweetener of your choice. It is overall much healthier than most store-bought yogurts. Although there is nothing specific in yogurt that gives people energy, it is still a great source of lean protein and calcium.

Although I learned a great deal about probiotics by doing this project, I felt that my execution was poor due to lack of rehearsal. Overall, I would give myself a 7.5 out of 10. Regardless, I'm glad that I chose probiotics as my topic because it affects so many aspects of our anatomy. Who knew yogurt (homemade, of course) could be so beneficial towards our health?