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Newborn infants are born with a vitamin K deficiency, which can cause complications with the bloo... more Newborn infants are born with a vitamin K deficiency, which can cause complications with the blood clotting and can lead to vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). This disease can cause early complications and in some cases death. Studies have shown that, with the help of supplementation, the mother can pass larger amounts of vitamin K to her child during the final days of pregnancy, but newborn infants are unable to store or create enough once born, and breast milk provides a very low amount of vitamin K. Since the 1950s, healthcare providers have been supplementing vitamin K to newborn infants including cow’s milk, injections, and oral supplementation. Two studies in the mid-90s (Von Kries et al, and Croucher et al) were able to show that oral supplementation was able to hold off early VKDB, but not later threats. It also revealed that intravenous supplementation of vitamin K was the only completely effective way of preventing all stages of VKDB in newborn infants, despite what risk level they are in immediately after birth. These findings back up the recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics, that a simple vitamin K injection at birth can prevent VKDB, and should be standard practice in all birthing centers.
Natural sugar sweeteners have been in the human diet for thousands of years in the form of honey,... more Natural sugar sweeteners have been in the human diet for thousands of years in the form of honey, fruit, cane, and beet sugar, and even molasses. During the twentieth century most homes just saw sucrose, a disaccharide with an even 50/50 split of fructose/glucose (both monosaccharides), in their household and it became to be known as table sugar. As the United States' population grew, along with the worlds, technology needed to step in to help sugar keep up with demand.
I was told by the very professor who will be the first to read this that humans are hardwired to ... more I was told by the very professor who will be the first to read this that humans are hardwired to eat meat. Later in the same class period she asked if anyone thought the current food systems needed to change or was broken. I was timid to raise my hand, but I shouldn't have been. The fact that everyone, in a room full of the educated, didn't raise their hands shows how engrossed we are in these outdated systems. It wasn't always this way and it doesn't have to continue. The philosophy that was instilled over a century ago that helped the nation flourish with the help of technology, hard work, and competition, has been lost in todays world of achieving the lowest production cost possible, no consideration for the environment, and keeping share holders happy. It's not a sustainable system, but at one time it was. Where did we go wrong?
Newborn infants are born with a vitamin K deficiency, which can cause complications with the bloo... more Newborn infants are born with a vitamin K deficiency, which can cause complications with the blood clotting and can lead to vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB). This disease can cause early complications and in some cases death. Studies have shown that, with the help of supplementation, the mother can pass larger amounts of vitamin K to her child during the final days of pregnancy, but newborn infants are unable to store or create enough once born, and breast milk provides a very low amount of vitamin K. Since the 1950s, healthcare providers have been supplementing vitamin K to newborn infants including cow’s milk, injections, and oral supplementation. Two studies in the mid-90s (Von Kries et al, and Croucher et al) were able to show that oral supplementation was able to hold off early VKDB, but not later threats. It also revealed that intravenous supplementation of vitamin K was the only completely effective way of preventing all stages of VKDB in newborn infants, despite what risk level they are in immediately after birth. These findings back up the recommendation by the American Academy of Pediatrics, that a simple vitamin K injection at birth can prevent VKDB, and should be standard practice in all birthing centers.
Natural sugar sweeteners have been in the human diet for thousands of years in the form of honey,... more Natural sugar sweeteners have been in the human diet for thousands of years in the form of honey, fruit, cane, and beet sugar, and even molasses. During the twentieth century most homes just saw sucrose, a disaccharide with an even 50/50 split of fructose/glucose (both monosaccharides), in their household and it became to be known as table sugar. As the United States' population grew, along with the worlds, technology needed to step in to help sugar keep up with demand.
I was told by the very professor who will be the first to read this that humans are hardwired to ... more I was told by the very professor who will be the first to read this that humans are hardwired to eat meat. Later in the same class period she asked if anyone thought the current food systems needed to change or was broken. I was timid to raise my hand, but I shouldn't have been. The fact that everyone, in a room full of the educated, didn't raise their hands shows how engrossed we are in these outdated systems. It wasn't always this way and it doesn't have to continue. The philosophy that was instilled over a century ago that helped the nation flourish with the help of technology, hard work, and competition, has been lost in todays world of achieving the lowest production cost possible, no consideration for the environment, and keeping share holders happy. It's not a sustainable system, but at one time it was. Where did we go wrong?