Blog Post 4 Write, reflect, wash and repeat

I love the quote you posted from William Faulkner.

"I never know what I think about something until I've written on it."

That is a really good way to sum it up. This blog has help extremely, I get to write out thoughts and ideas to come back to later. There are some things that I had wrote in my first blog that when I reflect on it sometimes I don't feel the same way about it. (I am very guilty of run on sentences ( : ) I have never done a blog before, I was a little nervous about it. Now I'm actually considering doing this as a hobby. Blogging helped shape my inquiry question from Vegan to being narrowed down to "Is Milk healthy for us?" Doing this assignment on Blogger has really helped me organize my thoughts and ideas. I also love that we can all look at each others thoughts. We can view the way other people think, organize their thoughts, and ask questions. That is a big learning tool within itself. A lot of people are afraid to ask questions in class because they are shy but this way they still get a better understanding. 

          Doing my research in this form I feel has made me put more of myself into it. I put more of my heart and personality into than any other research I have done before. I have learned more about my topic doing research this way. I hope you continue to use it for other students. I have always just wrote a paper and added the sources in, I didn't write rough drafts or seconds drafts, let alone reflect on just sources and my inquiry question way before a paper was ever written. I wish I would have been taught this way to begin with. If you were to ask me about a paper I wrote in high school I probably wouldn't be able to name one off for you. I feel in a few years if I were to be asked about papers that I wrote in college that I could name them off if my research is done this way.  

             The writing process is just as important as the research. We need to write, reflect, wash, repeat : )

Blog Post 3

I think the readers of my research will be anyone who is interested in what they put into their bodies. I feel this is a timely topic because so many people today are labeled lactose intolerant and a lot of people these days dont really drink milk on  a regular basis as the USDA recommends. This is a topic that I care about and am really interested in because my family doesnt drink milk, and my daughter was labeled lactose intolerant. The research I am finding is that it is a mutation to even be able to tolerate milk products. So shouldnt those people who can be labeled "lactose tolerant" : ) There are different viewpoints on this topic, some people are for milk some people against. Some people have conspiracy theories about it, "the government is out to get us" The most interesting thing Ive come across is the gene mutation that allows people to tolerate milk.

I came across Samantha Vineyard's topic, I think its very timely because todays world is an extreme stress bucket!

Blogging Assignment #2 : )

I've been reading through A LOT of articles and web postings, the one big thing that has stuck out in my mind was a question...... "Why are humans the only species that drinks another species milk, or even drinks milk beyond infancy for that matter?" Well I've never really thought about that, that question really got my mind wandering. I found it really interesting, personally I've always hated milk and it has never been a staple in my life (well beside ice cream! which in now rice dream lol) My daughter was diagnosed as lactose intolerant so its been years since we've even had a gallon occupy our fridge. Focusing more on this I am finding tons of articles it seems to be highly controversial.  I'm finding a lot of gross information too like The USDA allows up to 1.5 million white blood cells per milliliter of commonly-sold milk.(Adkinson) That's terrible! I also found out that recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone are risk factors for breast and colon cancer. (Ashdown) Really those are just a glimpse of the interesting articles I have came across on this topic. Its interesting because it gets me thinking what else is allowed to be in our food??? I think I may be revising my inquiry question along the lines of dairy consumption being healthy. Some advice that I would give out is to keep researching because what you have now may lead you to something better and more controversial.







 Adkinson, RW. "Implications of proposed changes in bulk tank somatic cell count regulations.." .   Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, 02/2001. Web. 12 Feb 2012. <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11233021>.

 Ashdown, K. New Study Warns of Breast and Colon Cancer Risks from rBGH Milk. N.p.,     23/01/1996. Web. 12 Feb 2012.

1st Blogging assignment : )

Sooo I am still a little torn on exactly where I would like to go with my research. I have a direction and its pretty narrowed down for the most part. Its going to be about being Vegan, there is just so much information and people all over are debating whether its healthy or not. Personally I think its great, your only putting healthy things into you body so why wouldn't it be healthy, but I understand that I have to look at it from all perspectives. I am finding a lot of useful information on the Atkins library website. I have found a lot of articles regarding nutritional concerns and also some journals are claiming this diet and lifestyle can take away the adverse effects of diabetes. I am really interested in this topic because of my personal lifestyle, my family and I are vegetarian striving to be Vegan, we are about 80% there which I am proud of. I also think its a very controversial topic. Personally in my research I would love to find that this is the best and most natural way to live and be healthy, I would like to find out how a vegan would need to get all of their vitamins and nutritional needs. My daughter has problems with her B12 since we have began this lifestyle. So I would like to find out other ways to get that into her without a shot or eating animal flesh. I hope everyone finds this direction of topic as interesting as I do because I think people should care about the things they are putting into their bodies. I'm really excited to be working on this now.