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What is the role of creatine supplementation in bodybuilding?
What is creatine? What is the role of supplementation? Figure 1. Photo of creatine supplement from Optimum Nutrition Creatine is a chemical substrate that can be found within the cells of our body. The role of creatine is to provide a short burst of energy that allow us to generate movement and strength. However,…
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Food Review- Panda Express in Sugar House
Today I decided to go to the Panda Express at Sugar House to get some quick food to eat after my daily gym workout. I enjoy this Panda Express because their staff are very friendly and their food are quite decent. I really like their teriyaki chicken without sauce and their broccoli beef. It gives…
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Food Review- Tosh’s Ramen in Salt Lake City
Unfortunately I did not take pictures of the food I had 🙁 Today I went to Tosh’s Ramen to try out their noodle dishes as some of my friends have been there recently and they seemed to enjoy their food tremendously. Upon my arrival at around 7pm, I have found extreme difficulty locating parking spots…
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Does intermittent fasting work? If so, how?
Intermittent fasting is a great way to lose weight. It has been demonstrated and hyped up by the fitness industry across the world for those who struggle to control their weight as well as their chronic medical conditions. It is by no means a cure-all method, but it is a lifestyle that you can easily…
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Farewell Party for Emily
It is that time of the year again. My cousin is going to serve a LDS mission to Taipei, Taiwan. She will be leaving to the Provo Missionary Training Center for the LDS church this Wednesday 10/26/2016. For those of you who don’t know, she will be staying in Taiwan for 1.5 years and speak the…
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Medical Oncology Service Day#1
The days of surgery and VA outpatient internal medicine are over. No more standing in surgery for 12 hours. No more night trauma. No more patients dying on the table. First day at the medical oncology department was amazing. In the morning, the attending brought us to the garden behind the Huntsman Cancer Institute for meditation. We all…
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Tissue Types- What is inside us?
Welcome everyone. Today I am going to talk about the tissue types found within our body. It is important to talk about tissue types because different disease target various tissues. For example, myocardial infarction, aka heart attack, targets cells within our blood vessels that ultimately affect muscles of the heart. By understanding how blood move…
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Changing Aquarium Substrate- Part 1
My project of this weekend is to change my 40G aquarium substrate from this painted white rocks I got from Petco to another medium size regular aquarium substrate. I love the white substrate with the strong light and black background because it helps to reflect the vibrancy of the fish color. However, I am suspicious that this white substrate I…