Volume 2
Published on September 2024
Through various media, people have become increasingly aware of the importance of maintaining a healthy diet, with Cantonese soup, especially chicken soup, emerging as a popular choice due to its comforting and potentially medicinal properties. Chicken soup is valued not only for its rich protein and essential vitamins but also for its hydration benefits and the possibility of easing symptoms of respiratory infections through its anti-inflammatory effects. Despite its recognized health benefits, the specific impact of daily consumption of Cantonese chicken soup on energy levels and nutrient intake remains understudied, prompting further research into its effects on high school students' dietary health. In this three-week randomized controlled trial, sixteen participants including 6 girls and 10 boys from the same high school (mean age 16 years) were included in the analysis. Dietary information, energy levels, and nutrient intakes were gathered using two ASA 24 questionnaires, with the calculations performed by ASA24. Independent samples t-tests and chi square tests were used to compare continuous and categorical variables between the intervention group and the control group, respectively. Paired t-tests were performed to compare pre- and post-ASA24 responses in total energy and macronutrient intakes. Daily consumption of Chinese chicken soup does not seem to improve total energy intake, but it significantly increased % total energy intake from carbohydrates (p<0.05). Further studies with a larger sample size are warranted to confirm the finding.
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To systematically evaluate the application of near-infrared spectroscopy technology in the study of the effect of Baduanjin exercise on cognitive function in elderly people. Relevant literature was retrieved from PubMed, Web of Science core database, ScienceDirect, Wanfang, VIP, and CNKI from 2014 to June 2023, and relevant data were extracted. A total of 1 valid literature was obtained, published in 2022, sourced from the medical journal “FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH”, with an impact factor of 6.46. This journal belongs to JCR Q1 area, and the SCI basic version of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is in the Q3 area of medicine. The inclusion criteria for the subjects of this study were age ≥ 60 years, experience of Baduanjin exercise for ≥ 3 years, and MMSE score ≥ 24 points. This study, based on functional near-infrared spectroscopy technology, explores the effects of Baduanjin imagery and Baduanjin exercise on cognitive function in elderly people. Baduanjin exercise can increase brain connectivity, improve brain structural connections, and enhance brain function in elderly people. These three factors are also the main reasons for Baduanjin exercise to promote the improvement of cognitive function, including increasing brain gray matter volume, brain functional area connections, etc. Baduanjin exercise can improve specific cognitive functions by increasing gray matter volume. Baduanjin exercise can regulate the functional connections of the cognitive control network in elderly people and improve their memory.
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The aim of the project is to find out to what extent diabetes affects individuals and leads to anxiety and depression, to identify the causes of diabetes and mental illnesses, and to explain how diabetes and other factors contribute to anxiety and depression as well as finding out whether diabetes is a significant cause of anxiety and depression. It will also assess and investigate the impact of diabetes on the incidence of anxiety and depression. The project is mainly focused on secondary data analysis and comparison as well as case studies. Overall, the main factors which will lead to mental disorders such as anxiety and depression are genetic factors and environmental factors, but diabetes and the use of psychoactive drugs can also increase the risk of developing mental disorders to some extent.
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Genetic engineering is a field which explores the possibility of modification or manipulation of genetic materials using various techniques and technologies. Broadly speaking, hybridisation, gene isolation and recombination, fall in this field. The most recent milestone development in this area would be CRISPR technology, which harnesses a component of the bacterial immune system. To elaborate, CRISPR acts as a precise molecular scissors to cut target sequences, thus allowing gene modification to take place. In the progression and advancement of this field, society has been carefully observing its consequences and impact. The utilisation of this technology has raised concerns such as the unknown detrimental impact of genetically modified food sources. On the other hand, the benefit of genetic engineering is self-evident. This article explores the various impacts of genetic engineering and concludes that the advantages of genetic engineering are overshadowed by its many benefits.
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The aim of this dissertation is to provide an answer about to what extent does a high sugar diet affect obesity. The goal of answering this question is to find the substitution of sugar and the number of sugar intake that won’t increase the risk of obesity. The dissertation will be separated into this part and uses the available literature to identify them. What is obesity and the impact of varying degrees of obesity on health. What is sugar and how sugar contribute to obesity. Comparing the amount of sugar in different substance and the limiting numbers of sugar intake to give advice about how many substances intake won’t increase the risk of obesity. Exploring what is sweeteners and the potential hazard of them to determine whether the sweeteners is good substitution or not. Also, the article will find another factor affect obesity and explore the nature of them. Through this part, it is concluded that excess sugar intake increases the risk of obesity by convert glucose into fatty acid and the nature of the other factors that affect obesity is to stimulate people to take in more sugar. Meanwhile, sugar alcohol could be considered as the best sugar substitution and it is suitable for people to consume the amount of added sugar like white sugar which is lower than 36g. For fructose, it is suitable for people to consume lower than 50g.
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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are a serious group of diseases worldwide1. Currently, there are a vast number of treatments, including coronary bypass surgery, beta-blockers, diuretics, vitamin C and ACE inhibitors. However, they appear to have unique side effects despite significant therapeutic effects, such as hypokalaemia and cogitative disorders in some patients, especially those with other conditions2. Under these circumstances, effective and targeted drugs against CVDs are in high need of development. Histone modification, as a novel and rapidly developing field, has already attracted many researchers to investigate its role in CVD outbreaks and potential therapeutic effects against CVDs. However, there are currently no certified histone modification-based drugs in CVD therapies. This dissertation will focus on histone modification mechanisms, comparison with traditional CVD drugs, clinical prospects and potential investigation directions as well as current limitations.
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To explore the effective components and mechanism of Gualou Xiebai Baijiu decoction (GLXB) in the treatment of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury (MIRI) based on network pharmacology and molecular docking approach.
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As the spread of COVID-19, many have experienced a range of clinical symptoms as a result of contracting SARS-CoV-2. In light of this, Traditional Chinese Medicine offers several medications that can facilitate the physical recovery of those suffering from COVID-19. This dissertation presents selected data and experiments that demonstrate the effectiveness of drugs, along with their mechanisms and other crucial information. The chosen focus for this study is four drugs (Jinhua Qing-gan, Lianhua Qingwen, Xuanfei Baidu, and Huashi Baidu), which have all proven to be effective in the treatment of COVID-19. JHQG and HSBD may reduce hospitalisation time and alleviate mild clinical symptoms. LHQW effectively reduces acute gut damage, while XFBD aids in the recovery of severe patients.
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The existing lifestyle that people have in contemporary society is certainly insufficient to maintain a physical health which can be related to cardiovascular and other diseases, especially like hypertension. While for the inherited or natural genes, they can be mutated or born with the diseased gene fragment that could lead to the potential risks of hypertension, such as congenital hypertension. One of the most significant current discussions in the field of research is which factors are more associated with hypertension. There are two mainstream opinions on this: lifestyle factors and genetic factors. However, there is still some uncertainty about it, such as a lack of data, exceptional examples and especially which kinds of factors really have a dominant role which means they can have a joint role in hypertension. In this essay, the author discusses some specific lifestyle and genetic factors including sleep, diets, exercise, weight, and tooth brushing (minority), and aims at finding detailed information on what play a dominant role leading to the risk of hypertension. Besides, it also illustrates that hypertension is associated with many aspects of factors, not only have combined but also separate roles and some other factors like area, age and gender can also play a role in it.
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