Snacking

What was healthy about the snack you just made?
The snack we made was made out of a quarter of apple, peanut butter, and almonds. These are low-fat and low-sugary foods, so combined they will make a healthy snack.
How often to snack?
You should snack before your meals, about 2-3 times per day, so that you aren't as hungry and won't eat as much or as quickly as you normally do.
What's in a healthy snack?
They won't be sticky, will have low calories, low-fat, and low-sugar.
Snacks to stay away from?
Ritz bits, Cheetos, Beef Jerky, Pringles, basically anything with a lot of artificials and preservatives.

Blood Pressure Lab

The systole and diastole blood pressure readings are usually at a constant gap of around 30. To measure heart rate the only equipment you would need is a clock and a stethoscope, but even then, you don't need to use a stethoscope and you could use your fingers instead, but not your thumb. To measure blood pressure you need a stethoscope and a sphygmomanometer. Using your thumb to check your pulse isn't ideal, because the skin on your thumb is thicker than that on your other fingers, which makes it harder to feel your pulse. To use a pressure cuff, or a sphygmomanometer, you need to first loosen the cuff and put it on your upper arm. Next you need to tighten the cuff, but not too tight so you don't cut off circulation, just make it snug. Then you squeeze the bulb so the cuff inflates and do it until it gets up to around 160 and stop, before slowly letting out the air and releasing the pressure.

Unit 2 Reflection

Health is the overall well-being of the social, mental, and physical aspects of yourself. Looking at myself, I'm pretty healthy but I could use some more exercise, eat better, and better quality sleep. Looking at the people at school, they aren't the healthiest, they need to eat better, and get more sleep and better quality sleep. What should be done to promote better health is to give less homework so people don't stay up so late doing it so that they can get good sleep and have enough time to wake up and eat a good breakfast. The themes and essential understanding of this unit was how to keep your body in a healthy balance of all the pillars of health.