Abstract
This paper explains that, for overweight people and people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, the low calorie and low fat diets recommended by the government do not work well and actually worsen the condition. The author points out that low carbohydrate diets, such as the popular "Dr. Atkins Diet", are synonymous with a high-fat and moderate protein regime. The paper relates that, when carbohydrate intake is restricted, the insulin levels decrease and the levels of glucagon increase. The author underscores that the increased fats and oils keep the appetite under control. The author suspects that the mechanism of insulin resistance is not a disease but rather a mechanism of homeostasis used to keep the body's fat to muscle ratio in balance. The paper states that, when the body is out of balance, type 2 diabetes mellitus occurs to correct the epigenetic factors that caused the imbalance.

From the Paper
"Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes are now associated with decreased expression of genes that regulate oxidative phosphorylation in skeletal muscle. Uncoupling protein 3 (UPC3) is a protein transporter that uncouples oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondrial respiration in skeletal muscle. Studies on UCP3 functions under various physiological conditions have suggested that the function of UCP3 is not limited only to regulation of whole-body energy metabolism but is also involved in regulation of lipids metabolism. Uncoupling proteins act to convert stored fat into thermal energy."

Tags:adkin ketosis thermogenesis, oxidative phosphorylation, uncoupling proteins

Abstract
This paper discusses the gap that exists between the rich and the poor, explaining that it has been widening for two decades. The paper explains that the problem exists because there are no benefits for the poor, whereas the rich get everything. Data is provided that shows that, in recent years, there has been an increase in the incomes of the rich people while, gradually, the middle class is vanishing.

Outline:
Abstract
Introduction
Index of Social Health
Difference between Social Index and Dow Jones Average

From the Paper
''THE gap between the rich and poor has widening for two decades as hardworking families pay record tax bills. The rich are getting richer day by day and the poor are getting poorer. The problem is there are no benefits for the poor where as the rich get everything. The data tells us that since the past decade there has been an increase in the incomes of the rich people. Slowly and gradually the middle class is vanishing.
''Since the early 1960s, people have lived with these questions and with the tension between activism and scholarship, which have tried to mediate with research on a number of questions about American social institutions, public policy, and reform.''

Tags:economic, incomes, benefits

Abstract
This paper reviews the book "Why We Want You to Be Rich" by business leaders Donald J. Trump and Robert T. Kiyosaki. According to the paper, the book discusses some of the methods they used first to get rich and second to continue to succeed in the business world and do so in order to serve as examples to others. As is noted early in the book, both men are wealthy and yet continue to work harder than ever. Both have also written extensively about business and their own business practices.

From the Paper
"In the book 'Why We Want You to Be Rich', business leaders Donald J. Trump and Robert T. Kiyosaki (2006) discuss some of the methods they used first to get rich and second to continue to succeed in the business world and do so in order to serve as examples to others. As is noted erly in the book, both men are wealthy and yet continue to work harder than ever. Both have also written extensively about business and their own business practices. They justify this book in terms of their shared concerns about the many opportunities people are missing or are unable to do anything about because they fail to understand the nature of those opportunities and the degree of their own ability to succeed. Both men are also concerned about..."

Tags:trump, kiyosaki, book

Abstract
Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer? The author brings a variety of articles that discuss the concept of inequality and how serious it really is. One article shows how income and wealth are not the same thing, another shows how rich and poor groups keep on changing, yet another discusses whether inequality is actually a problem, and finally an article defining the poverty gap as both income and asset poverty. There are differing views on what inequality consists of and what is problematic or just a product of the natural economy. The author concludes with these unresolved arguments and shows how complex the situation is.

From the Paper
"An article published in the Multinational Monitor titled "The Wealth Divide: The Growing Gap in the United States Between the Rich and the Rest" presents an interview with Edward Wolff, a professor of economics at New York University. The article provides information on the wealth gap in the United States, starting by noting that there is a difference between wealth and income. Wolff describes how wealth refers to the things that people own, including a home, real estate, shares, general belongings, and savings. One of the important things about wealth is that it determines how much income a person needs. For example, a person who owns their home outright and does not have a mortgage will be better off than a person who does not own their home, even if the two individuals have the same level of income. The other important point about wealth is that it provides a measure of security when individuals are unable to produce income for any reason. Wolff also describes trends and statistics regarding wealth in the article. These statistics include that in 1998, the richest one percent of households had 38 percent of all wealth and that the gap between the most wealthy and the least wealthy becomes constantly larger. This shows the extent of the inequality that exists in regards to wealth. It also shows how the wealthiest people make up only a small amount of the total population, yet have over one-third of the wealth. This shows that inequality does not exist only in regards to income, but is equally concerning in regards to the distribution of wealth."

Tags:poverty, gap, wealth

Abstract
The paper identifies how Adrienne Rich conveys the breakdown of a house as a symbol of security through ocean and ship imagery, and through the physical elements of the poem, including line length, meter and the use of space on the page. The paper also analyzes the speaker's identification with the builders in the poem. The paper demonstrates how Rich draws the reader into the experience of the speaker, who is certain of doom and is completely confused on several levels.

From the Paper
"The breakdown of the house as a symbol of security begins in the very first line of the poem: "Over the half-finished houses" (1). The first thing that the reader might notice is that the houses are only half-finished. They are not being presented in the act of being finished; there is no action for the houses in the first line, merely the comment that they are half-finished, which really means that they are un-finished. These houses do not have the physical capabilities of offering protection, and there is something about them that is only half formed, like a warping of their nature. Action is noted in the next few lines by its absence, but here there is none."

Tags:house, security, imagery, ocean, ship, builders, doom, confusion

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This paper addresses two poems by poets Adrienne Rich and Sylvia Plath. First, it looks at Rich's poem, "Living in Sin", which confronts the traditional order and understanding of the relationship between genders in a new and intriguing way. The paper then looks at Sylvia Plath's poem, "Daddy," which offers a stringent critique of patriarchal notions of dominance within society.

From the Paper
"Understood this way, the "daddy" of Plath's poem becomes a free-floating signifier whose attachment to the actual daddy of her childhood is tenuous at best. Indeed, the fact that Plath uses a childlike voice in the text that engages in a sort of nursery-rhyme call and response, further emphasizes the idea that the poem's daddy represents all of the frustrations and torment that the speaker has been forced to suffer by the patriarchal society in the world."

Tags:domesticity, holocaust, patriarchy

Abstract
This paper explains that Premium Pork Products is seeking to shift its current company status from a commodity business to a business providing consumer-packaged goods. The author points out that pork's traditional role in a bacon-and-eggs breakfast, one the most tantalizing selling points of the Atkins Diet, creates an ideal tome for a potential rise in consumer interest in pork. Thus, by creating easy-to-prepare, high-protein, low-carbohydrate "comfort food" TV dinners or pre-prepared frozen foods, PPP can create a marketable niche for itself. The paper recommends that advertisement of PPP products should create a brand that is seen as sinfully rich and decadent, yet paradoxically, healthy, perhaps solidified in the image of a lean pig, fresh from working out, kicking away a bowl of cereal from the lunch table or outrunning a pudgy, dumpy, overstuffed turkey in a race.

Table of Contents
The Pork Industry and Its Major Competitors in the Frozen Food and Refrigerated Meat Sections
People's Needs and Wants Regarding Cooking with Meat Products and Convenience Food Products
Conflicting Desires for Quick Food Preparation vs. Meals from Scratch
Opportunities for Increasing Pork Consumption
Consumer Purchase Behavior of Meat
Recommendations of Developing the Business

From the Paper
"Conventional dietary wisdom as of late has proclaimed America's lack of interest in consuming and purchasing pork products. Despite the supposed identity of pork as the "other" white meat, according to the industry's advertising campaign, for the past two decades, low fat and high carbohydrate eating has become the standard dietary recommendation for health-conscious consumers by both their physicians and by the federal government, in the form of the FDA. Turkey and chicken meat alone has benefited from this low-fat trend, as well as companies that sell meat alternatives, like soy and garden burgers."

Tags:commodity, consumer-packaged, atkins, healthy, comfort

Abstract
This paper explains that the Atkins diet programs recommends the consumption of a diet rich in fats and proteins, while severely reducing the intake of carbohydrates such as fruits and grains, which are a natural sources of vitamins; therefore, sticking to Atkins diet without supplementation will lead to severe vitamin and mineral deficiency. The author stresses that, in addition to other potential health risks, this essential requirement of dietary supplements is of great concern because these supplements are not easily assimilated by the body.
The paper concludes that an ideal way to manage weight is to consume a balanced diet with regular exercises instead of resorting to a diet that totally alters the body metabolism and leaves the patient dependent on a supplements.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Atkins Philosophy
Atkins Diet /US RDA
Risk Factors
Conclusion

From the Paper
"There are definitely health risks associated with the Atkins diet program. The fundamental change in food composition and consequent metabolic process carries a risk of electrolyte imbalance in our body. As Gail Frank, PhD, nutrition professor at California State University states, "Fruits and berries are much more indicative of early man's eating pattern than eating only protein, and we haven't changed all that much physiologically." High protein diet is known to cause the condition of acidic urine, which depletes calcium from the body. The result of calcium loss is a bone degeneration condition known as osteoporosis. Developing kidney stones is another major risk for Atkins dieters."

Tags:supplements, acidic-urine, protein, balanced, electrolyte

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The paper discusses the importance of nurses understanding the process of wound healing and including nutritional interventions in their care plans. The paper relates that the patient must have a diet that is rich in protein, carbohydrates, lipids, Vitamins A and C, along with various minerals and explains that different nutritional needs are essential for each stage of wound healing. The paper looks at high risk patients; those with diabetes, older patients and those on dialysis.

Outline:
Introduction
Wound Healing and Nutrition
Pressure Ulcers
Patients at High Risk
The Nurse's Role
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Nutrition plays an essential role in the pathology of wound healing because it allows for optimal healing. In addition, wounds cause an increase in body metabolism that can lead to extensive weight loss and a reduction in lean muscle mass, which then impairs wound healing (Nelson, 2003). Proper nutrition allows the body to regain its balance. Nurses need to understand the process of wound healing and include nutritional interventions in their care plans. Wound healing consists of three interrelated phases: inflammation; the proliferative stage; and a process of remodeling (Leininger, 2002). Different nutritional needs are essential for each stage of wound healing."

Tags:metabolism, nutrients, calories, vitamins, minerals, weight, diet

Abstract
This paper reviews studies that support the theory that high soy diets have a beneficial effect on the relative density or mineral content of bones, as well as studies that have shown no connection between bone health and high soy diets. The paper concludes that, while evidence is inconclusive regarding the role that soy may play in women's health, the general nutritional benefits of soy protein are, nonetheless, well-established.

From the Paper
"Soy, a protein-rich legume, has been prominently featured in the traditional cuisines of Far Eastern cultures for thousands of years. In addition to its high protein content, soy also contains the other two macronutrients, carbohydrates and fats, as well as many vitamins, minerals and other micronutrients such as calcium, folic acid, and iron. Dietary sources of soy protein include soybeans, tofu, beans curd, tempeh, miso, and soymilk. Since it represents a vegetable source of high quality complete protein, containing all of the essential amino acids, soy is particularly valued by vegetarians, who must derive all their dietary protein from vegetables rather than from animal products.(DGPL)"

Tags:cuisine, far-east, tofu, cholesterol-free, high, protein, high, fiber, complex, carbohydrate-rich, saturated, fat, sodium