Obesity and Type II Diabetes
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Stress
Plastics
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100

Which is not a common complication of diabetes?

What is stroke?
100

If you eat right before you go to bed, the glucose will circulate in your blood for a long time because this suppresses the beta cells from releasing insulin

What is melatonin?

100

When something upsets you, you can engage your vagus nerve with/by

What is deep breathes?

100

The Great Pacific Garbage patch is greater than twice the size of which state?

What is Texas?

100

Phthalate is a plasticizer that is an anti-androgen. Because of that, it can block the production of this.

What is testoterone?

200

The number one comorbidity for people who have died from COVID-19

What is obesity?

200

If your fasting blood work has a blood glucose level of 130 mg/dl.  

What is diabetes?

200

Which hormone suppresses the immune system resulting in you becoming sick more often?

What is glucocorticoid?

200

A carcinogen, a neurotoxin, an endocrine disruptor, an estrogen mimic.

What are the ways plastic negatively affects us?
200

Due to the hunter/gatherer lifestyle, and bouts of starvation people with this metabolism were more successful.

What is low?

300

How do our muscles cells take up glucose without insulin?

What is exercise?

300

Name of drug that can cause a penile birth defect in male offspring of men who took it when they conceived a baby.

What is metformin?

300

Long-term stress is managed by which part of this gland.

What is adrenal cortex?

300

chewing gum and shellac

What are natural plastics?

300

Fat cells produce this hormone to signal “I’m full”.  

What is leptin?

400

The stomach produces this to say “eat soon, I’m hungry”.      

What is gherlin?

400

After using up the glucose in your blood, your body will use the stored this in your liver. You usually have a 24 hour supply of this molecule.

Whay is glycogen?

400

Meditation, Practicing forgiveness, altruism, compassion, and service, exercising

What are recommended ways to reduce stress?
400

Plastic that is a known neurotoxin and suspected carcinogen.

What is Polystyrene (styrofoam)?

400

As people learned to grow crops and domesticate animals. individuals with high metabolism were able to live to a child bearing age. Explain why this happened.

What is there was more/reliable food

500

70-110mg of glucose/dl of blood

What is a normal sugar level? (What your bod tries to maintain.)

500

After using up the glycogen in your liver, your body will then break down this for energy. Marathon runners say this occurs at mile 18.

What is fat?

500

Foods that contain this nutrient tend to pull plasticizers out of the plastic they are stored in.

What are fats?

500

Which cells in the pancreas produce glucagon that tells the liver to break down glycogen and release glucose?

What are the alpha cells?