Darkthorn’s Blog

- Carbohydrates o Brain only stores enough glucose for 10 mins, must have a constant supply – 75% for signalling, 25% of basic cellular activity o Glucose is critical for the production of neurotransmitters (hypoglycaemia leading to coma and death) – Amino Acids o 8 essential amino acids o Building blocks for new proteins, neurotransmitters [...]

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- fast response to perturbation via nerves – pervasive into glands, smooth muscle, heart, eyes, sex organs – flexible, two divisions in most organs, with more than one neurotransmitter involved – function of maintaining homeostasis – sympathetic or parasympathetic – cortex, limbic and thalamus also involved in ANS Sympathetic – ‘flight or fight’ – division [...]

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Hinduism – Logbook Exercise 1.3 Why is dharma considered the most important principle around which a Hindu’s life is organized? Dharma is the most significant belief of Hinduism, organizing an otherwise rough society. Weightman, (1998, p. 279) describes it as the complete ‘right way of living for Hindu’s’, the sum of all teachings offered by [...]

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Quiet Loner Soul You are a quiet, solitary kind of person. You probably rely on your few close friends or family members to get you out of the house occasionally, or you would probably forget to leave. You don’t like big crowds of people, or being in new social situations, because they make you feel [...]

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