SCI 100 Module One Activity Template: Topic Exploration Instructions
Visit the Science Daily
website to choose a natural science–related news story published within the past six months on a topic of interest to you. Ensure the article meets the criteria provided in the Module One Activity Guidelines and Rubric.
Answer the following questions about your chosen scientific news story. Replace the bracketed text below with your responses.
Provide the title and link to your chosen news story so your instructor may locate it.
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Fasting diet reduces risk markers of type 2 diabetes -- ScienceDaily
Summarize the main idea of the news story you selected. This should only take 1–2 sentences.
[When fasting 16 hours no food 8-hour food the body lowers insulin which is responsible for type two diabetes.]
Briefly explain any prior knowledge and what you’d like to know more about regarding your selected news story.
[I recently have tried fasting and can say that my body does feel better after a three day fast. Intermittent fasting is a great way to let your body concentrate on itself to better your health.]
Discuss the value of the scientific research presented in your selected news story for contemporary society.
[The 18-month study, which was reported in the academic journal Nature Medicine, included more than 200 patients recruited from South Australia. Similar amounts of weight reduction were achieved by participants on the low-calorie diet and the time-restricted, intermittent fasting diet. “This is the biggest research effort in the globe to date and the first designed to evaluate how the human body processes and utilizes glucose after eating a meal, which is a better indicator of diabetes risk than a fasting test," said Xiao Tong Teong, a PhD candidate at the University of Adelaide, who is the study's first author. "The findings of this study add to the growing body of evidence to show that meal planning and fasting guidance prolong the health benefits of a low-
calorie diet, independently of the amount of food consumed,".]
Resources
University of Adelaide. (2023, April 6). Fasting diet reduces risk markers of type 2 diabetes.
ScienceDaily
. Retrieved August 14, 2023 from www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2023/04/230406113928.htm
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