Chapter 12 was nothing but eye-opening. For the most part, these were all topics I was either somewhat familiar with or just have heard of before. These are of course all things that are important to know about and to be aware of, but also to know why it is so important to be mindful of all the possible risks and dangers there are and why keeping yourself healthy and aware of what to reduce your risks for in all different areas. So far in this semester I have become more aware of numerous health topics and has been risks in life, in one way these were all things that could make you paranoid and scared to do everything, but I think it is something to just use as resourceful and reasons why you need to keep yourself healthy and ultimately why making certain choices should be considered with more thought and smartest decision for you.
This has been a huge part of my healthy topic for not only being focused on food but living a healthy lifestyle and reducing as many health risks that I can by consuming foods that are beneficial for my body and keeping active. So far it has been great, I have been able to go for runs almost every day since I do allow myself days for rest. I have been experimenting with more recipes to try healthier foods and to mix things up to not get bored with the same meals. I have been really happy, considering what is going on in the world today this has been helping with stress and my mood. Going back into this chapter many things were new to me and was interested to learn about. I never knew the process of infections.
Learning that for a disease to occur in the body, the host must be highly likely to get infected or the immune system must be in a weak condition. This is something that motivates me to try my best to stay healthy and do what I can to keep my immune system strong along with myself. Another topic that was interesting to learn about was about vaccines. Of course, there is constant news on vaccines and diseases on the news now, so this was the best time to learn about what their processes were. Vaccines consist of weakened versions of that particular disease microorganisms or antigens that are safer. They go into the body to boost the immune system to fight against these attacks to keep your body healthy.
Lastly, I never heard about antibiotic resistance and was a little anxious to understand the phenomena. Antibiotics are meant to clean out bacteria that it is looking to attack depending on the antibiotics, but there are now many antibiotics that are becoming ineffective against certain bacteria. This is creating a dangerous problem in many different ways because these bacterias or microorganisms are not being stopped and cleaned out. These are all topics that we should all consider taking the time to learn about to stress the importance of taking care of ourselves and health.
Samantha Lundrigan - Health & Wellness 