Reading and Understanding Scientific Articles
Part of having a scientific background means reading technical articles that include scientific vocabulary. Scientific articles are considered complex as a product of the the linguistic, the rhetorical and the conceptual variables. For this learning exercise I chose two food related articles and made a list of the new words and after searching for their meaning.
Below you will find the list of words with meaning and a short description of the articles.
Public views of the benefits and barriers to the consumption of a plant-based diet
Perceived barrier.- a person's estimation of the level of challenge of social, personal, environmental, and economic obstacles to a specified behavior or their desired goal status on that behavior
Pattern.- a particular way in which something is done or organized, or in which something happens
Food intake.- the daily eating patterns of an individual, including specific foods and calories consumed and relative quantities
Attitudinal barrier.- is a term used for the set of difficulties or challenges experienced by a person with disabilities that result from misunderstanding, confusing or ignoring the disability
This article examined the benefits and barriers consumers perceived of plant based diets, mail surveys where distributed and it was concluded that the main barrier was the lack of information on plant-based diets and the majority perceive there was a health benefit associated to the plant-based diet.
Protein, weight management, and satiety
Tailored intervention.- the use of communication, drugs, or other types of treatments that are specific for an individual or a group to improve health or change behavior.
Satiating.- to completely satisfy yourself or a need, especially with food or pleasure, so that you could not have any more
Isoenergetic.- having the same, or constant, energy
Ingestion.- the process of absorbing nutrients or medications into the body by eating or drinking them
Energy expenditure.- the amount of energy that a person needs to carry out physical functions such as breathing, circulating blood, digesting food, or exercising
Concomitant.- something that happens with something else and is connected with it
Homeostasis.- the ability or tendency of a living organism, cell, or group to keep the conditions inside it the same despite any changes in the conditions around it, or this state of internal balance
Obesity is a problem that has been address by it is imperative to identify treatment interventions that target a variety of short- and long-term mechanisms. Although any dietary or lifestyle change must be personalized, controlled energy intake in association with a moderately elevated protein intake may represent an effective and practical weight-loss strategy. Potential beneficial outcomes associated with protein ingestion include the following: 1) increased satiety—protein generally increases satiety to a greater extent than carbohydrate or fat and may facilitate a reduction in energy consumption under ad libitum dietary conditions; 2) increased thermogenesis—higher-protein diets are associated with increased thermogenesis, which also influences satiety and augments energy expenditure (in the longer term, increased thermogenesis contributes to the relatively low-energy efficiency of protein); and 3) maintenance or accretion of fat-free mass—in some individuals, a moderately higher protein diet may provide a stimulatory effect on muscle protein anabolism, favoring the retention of lean muscle mass while improving metabolic profile. Nevertheless, any potential benefits associated with a moderately elevated protein intake must be evaluated in the light of customary dietary practices and individual variability.
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