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University of Colorado researchers set up an experiment to test whether or not diet coke helps people lose more weight than water does. The experiment consisted of three hundred randomly selected individuals. These individuals were split up into two equal groups in which every single person received the same designated diet and exercise plan. The one difference between these two groups, is that one group was allowed to consume a zero calorie, diet soda everyday while the other group was only allowed to drink water. Now, the researcher’s original theory, according to Health Specialist and Researcher Kathy Walsh, was that “both groups should lose the same amount of weight since all of the drinks were calorie free. However, this was not the case. The study showed that, over the course of twelve days, the group that was allowed to consume diet soda lost an average of thirteen pounds, whereas the group that was only allowed to drink water lost an average of nine pounds. The researchers concluded that the consumption of a diet drink makes people less hungry and curbed their appetite, therefore, drinking diet drinks is a helpful tool in weight loss.

However, I don’t think this study is an effective or accurate test of the researcher’s theory. One of the most important factors when conducting a reliable experiment is to randomly select a large number of people that could essentially represent a larger population.This study only consisted of three hundred people and not only is this number small, but each of the test group only consisted of half of this number, which means each group only had one hundred and fifty people that were supposed to accurately represent our population. Also, the difference in weight loss doesn’t seem to be that significant in comparison, it’s only a measly four pound differentiation. But I do think that it is a possibly that the additional weight loss could be due to the fact that the group was consuming a caffeinated beverage. It is widely known that caffeine speeds up metabolism and causes the body to urinate more frequently, therefore tending to lead to dehydration. I believe that if the weight could differ just because the diet drink group is getting dehydrated and losing that additional water weight. Also, another possibly is that the caffeine in the diet soda drinks is making the diet drink group more productive at exercising. It’s commonly said that consuming caffeine before you exercise makes you exercise more productively, therefore making you lose more weight.

In conclusion, I do not think that the results and reasoning behind this experiment is reliable because there are many reasons why this additional four pounds could be lost, mind you none of these ways are even remotely healthy because the additional consumption of an artificial sweetener deteriorates your health.

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/05/27/cu-study-diet-beverages-better-for-losing-weight-than-water/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgKKPQiRRag

Punishment and reward are common actions taken to alter others’ behaviors. Your parents probably gave them to you as a child whether it was spanking you when you cursed at the dinner table or rewarding you with allowance after completing your chores. In cases like these, incentives and motivation work to change one’s behavior for the better. But does there come a point where the incentive can actually change the behavior negatively, such as worsening performance at certain tasks?

Daniel Karpantschof, a activist, screenwriter, business consigliere, and serial entrepreneur, observed an experiment in which people from both America and India were tested to see the effects of incentives. In the first test, people with the same mechanical skills were each given a different monetary incentive. This experiment’s results showed that the higher the monetary incentive, the better the performance. However when this test was applied to jobs that focus on cognitive skill, as the reward increased, the performance decreased.

The fact that incentive doesn’t improve cognitive performance is widely accepted, however the reasoning behind this behavior change is controversial. There are many different theories as to why incentives work for mechanical tasks and not for cognitive tasks. One of these theories states that those who have higher level jobs look for something more than just income in their work. In work, people value autonomy, mastery, and purpose. We aren’t motivated by profit alone, therefore, the incentive may not be as important to people who already have high paying jobs than those with low-paying jobs. Also,I believe that trying to increase productivity on cognitive work is harder than increasing that of mechanical work because the worker might get tunnel-vision. With a low-skill and menial job, the tasks are fairly straight forward and consistent. With a job such a journalism or marketing, the tasks require creative and thoughtful thinking, when this is rushed, most get tunnel-vision which can cause their work to be hindered.

http://www.indiana.edu/~p1013447/dictionary/incent.htm

https://explorable.com/incentive-theory-of-motivation

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In my previous blog, I talked about the impact of the ‘halo effect’ regarding the hiring of employees. I mentioned a study which showed the hiring pattern of female interviewers based on the physical attractiveness of both male and female job applicants. In this blog, I would like to address the hiring patterns of males based on the same applicants.

According to Carl Senior and Michael J.R. Butler, the study’s conductors, the experiments results were that “Male interviewers did not differ in the number of high or low status job packages that were given to attractive looking interviewees of either sex, though the male interviewers gave out more low status job packages overall, irrespective of the sex of the interviewee.”

However, Carl Senior and Michael J.R. Butler concluded that the male interviewers hiring decisions were not completely unbiased. During the study, the electrodermal response of the males were measured to determine if their emotions biased their decisions. The electrodermal response is believed to increase when these emotions affect preferential decisions. The electrodermal response for males increased when they were giving attractive females low status jobs. Science Daily concludes that “the fact that this difference only occurred when assigning low status job packages ensures that the effect could not have been driven by interpersonal attraction, but rather by emotion.”

Although this study observed actions and patterns of a randomized group, it was also the first study to use the electrodermal response to measure emotional biased when hiring others. Therefore, the electrodermal responses measures may not be entirely reliable, but the observational portion of the study examined enough people to prove that the result was not an anecdote.

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/halo-effect/

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071206124838.htm

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Mostly everyone knows that the phrase “dumb blondes” refers to the bias that beautiful women are unintelligent, however, when it comes to job interviews, does this bias still apply?

A new experimental study shows that the physical attractiveness of prospective employees can effect the outcome during interviews and hirings. “When someone is viewed as attractive, they are often assumed to have a number of positive social traits and greater intelligence,” stated Carl Senior and Michael J.R. Butler, the conductors of this observational study. This assumption based on looks is known as the ‘halo effect.’ In sum the ‘halo effect,’ according to behavioral experimentalists, Jennifer Cardello and Jakob Nielsen, “causes people to be biased in their judgments by transferring their feelings about one attribute of something to other, unrelated, attributes.”

The study examined the ‘halo effect’ regarding the correlation between the attractiveness of interviewees and the job packages offered to them. In the experiment, interviewers, both male and female, were presented with photographs of either attractive or average looking applicants, also male and female.

The women who were interviewing the applicants were generally more likely to reward attractive males with the better paid and high status jobs than males who were average looking. Also, the female interviewers provided attractive males better job offers than attractive females.

Also, in general, the female interviewers gave average looking females more high-status job packages than average looking males. It is thought that the reason for this outcome is that women are threatened by the beauty of other women, therefore, are more reluctant to provide them with high status jobs.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071206124838.htm

http://www.economist.com/node/21551535

http://www.nngroup.com/articles/halo-effect/

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As you are all probably aware, driving under the influence of alcohol is illegal, but driving while drowsy is not. The question is: should it be? Multiple studies been performed to determine which action is more dangerous, drunk or drowsy driving.

The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published a study stating that “drowsy drivers are responsible for one in six — or 17 percent – of fatal car accidents” But is this number high enough to prove that drowsy driving is as bad as drunk driving? Tory Belleci and Kari Byron, the well-known MythBusters, conducted an experiment to see which action is more fatal. First, they established a control variable to compare their test results to. Both of them each completed a driving course after a good night’s rest and with no alcohol in their system. The driving course that they completed  was designed to represent city traffic. This course has multiple sharp turns, parallel parking, stoplights, and stop signs. As well as completing this city traffic course, the MythBusters had to complete another test in which they had to drive twenty-five laps around a track. After this baseline was established for both drivers Belleci and Byron, they each completed the coursed two more times, once after staying up all night and once after consuming alcohol. The results completely supported The National Sleep Foundation’s claim that “Like alcohol, sleepiness slows reaction time, decreases awareness, impairs judgment and increases your risk of crashing.” For Belleci and Bryron, after both drunk and drowsy, their driving performance was significantly worse. According to the Discovery Channel’s synopsis of the episode, drowsy and drunk driving caused them “to make mistakes and veer our of their lanes,” but driving while sleepy was more dangerous. The synopsis said that “Compared with cruising around while tipsy, sleep deprivation caused Tory to drive 10 times worse; sleepy Kari’s driving was three times more erratic.”  Therefore, this study concluded that sleep deprivation is more fatal than alcohol intoxication when it comes to driving. However, it can be argued that this experiment is not a good representation of the U.S. as a whole regarding the effects of driving drunk versus driving drowsy because this experiment only tested and compared the results of two people. But, for those in doubt, there are more studies and statistics that prove the MythBuster’s results to be accurate. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 100,000 crashes each year are the result of fatigue and sleepiness at the wheel. Another study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety showed that “41 percent of drivers admit that they’ve fallen asleep behind the wheel.” Also, the vice president of the AAA Public Affairs stated that “Many of us tend to underestimate the negative effects associated with fatigue and sleep deprivation and, conversely, overestimate our abilities to overcome them while driving.”

In conclusion, driving while drowsy is more dangerous and fatal than driving while under the influence of alcohol to the majority of people because it tends to be harder to control the mind’s attention span and concentration.

http://drowsydriving.org/about/

http://www.discovery.com/tv-shows/mythbusters/about-this-show/tired-vs-drunk-driving/

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/31/drowsy-driving-dangerous-drunk-sleepy_n_1557200.html

http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/daily-news/101109-Driving-Tired-is-Like-Driving-Drunk/

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Is there such a thing as eating too much fruit? All our lives, growing up, we were taught to eat a generous amount of both fruits and vegetables everyday. But have we been too generous? Does there come a point where the benefits diminish and eating fruit hinders our health and perhaps makes us gain weight?

According to Dr. Weil, “If you’re trying to lose weight, eating a lot of fruit can sabotage your efforts” because, although fruits are low in calorie count, if you are consuming fruits through juices or even fresh smoothies, the calories skyrocket because the amount of fruit consumed in one sitting is doubled or even tripled. In addition to the excess calories, the sugar content of the fruit can also be harmful to ones health. When fruit is eaten, the body has time to digest and break down the sugars, but when the fruit is consumed in a liquid form, the sugar hits the blood stream rapidly, therefore, drastically increasing blood sugar. If drinking fruit products is a frequent action, the long term effects of this increased blood sugar can include heart attack, stroke, and kidney problems. Also, according to Dr. Ben Kim, the other effects of too much fruit consumption, are “dental decay, osteoporosis, wasting of muscle tissue, inability to maintain a healthy weight, chronic fatigue, skin problems, thinning hair, weakening nails, and excessive irritability.”

Dr. Weil explains that the overconsumption of fruit can raise your serum triglycerides, therefore, increasing your risk for heart attack and stroke. He also states that “The high glycemic load of some forms of fruit can provoke insulin resistance and worsen metabolic syndrome.” This syndrome also increases your risk for heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.

Not only does too much fruit deteriorate your health by increasing your risk for certain issues, it also causes weight gain. It is well know that fruit is a wonderful supplement for providing carbohydrates, which give you energy quickly. However, too much fruit leads to too many carbohydrates which can increase blood sugar and create fat.

According to Jacqueline Silvestri Banks, a health counselor for Fox News, “Fruit is high in fructose, a simple sugar, and carbohydrates, which are two things that need to be consumed in moderation in order for a person to lose weight. Eating too much fructose can cause a spike in insulin levels – and the body has a hard time burning fat while insulin levels are elevated.” She explains that fructose is undertaken by the liver and is frequently stored as fat that is stored for energy. Those trying to shed weight need to be careful of their fruit consumption because it is synonymous with blood sugar levels and fat storage.

In conclusion, the overconsumption of fruit, if it causes an increase in your blood sugar levels on a constant basis, can lead to deteriorating health and increased risk for certain diseases and syndromes.

http://www.livestrong.com/article/261132-can-you-eat-too-many-fruits-vegetables/

http://www.livestrong.com/article/283666-can-you-eat-too-much-fruit-in-a-day/

http://drbenkim.com/articles-fruit.html

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/diabetes/expert-blog/high-blood-sugar/bgp-20056519

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/QAA401266/Eating-Too-Much-Fruit.html

http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/ART03193/Metabolic-Syndrome.html

http://www.prevention.com/food/healthy-eating-tips/how-much-fruit-should-i-eat

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/02/25/is-too-much-fruit-making-fat/

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All your life, you have probably been raised to believe that carrots are the best tool to improve and sustain your eye sight, but what if there is a better way? Although many people, specifically parents, believe that playing video games can destroy your eyesight, it is actually proven that video games are better for your ocular health than carrots. So now there is no valid reason for your parents to make you put down that controller.

Many studies have been conducted to test the theory that action packed video games can be good for your ocular health, and many of these experiments have proven this theory to be true. According to scientists at the University of Rochester, playing high-action video games can improve one’s ability to distinguish between the shades of gray. Although this may seem like an insignificant change, the ability to distinguish between different shades of gray is very difficult for humans to maintain or improve.

Video games not only help people distinguish between shades, but also have improved the eyesight of those with cataracts and lazy eye. According to Nick Collins, a science corespondent, video games can improve the vision of young adults who were born with cataracts in not one, but both eyes. Cataracts is a clouding of the eye’s lens which prevents people from identifying details in low contrast colors or in the periphery. Collins stated that playing video games actually improved their ability to “spot small details, follow movements and spot subtle light changes” because the game requires you to focus straight ahead while still paying attention to everything that is happening in the periphery.

Experiments have also been conducted to test if video games can help correct lazy eye. The proven theory was that playing video games would correct a lazy eye by making the eye work harder. Dr. Daphne Maurer stated, at an American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, that “those improvements tell us that the adult brain is still plastic enough to be trained to overcome sensory deficiencies.”

In conclusion, playing video games are more conducive to ocular health than eating carrots because they can enhance the eyes’ ability to detect certain shades, to spot small details and subtle movements, and to help correct lazy eye.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/9088262/Playing-video-games-improves-eyesight.html

http://www.sciencechannel.com/famous-scientists-discoveries/10-amazing-science-studies.htm

http://www.entrepreneur.com/blog/224506

Many people yell swear words in anger whether it’s due to stress or physical pain, but does this actually help? Can saying certain words relieve stress and assist you in tolerating pain? Well, according to studies by Richard Stephans and Claudia Umland, swearing can be conducive to relieving pain, both physical and emotional pain. However, swearing can only help if done in moderation.

Stephans and Umland are both researchers from the School of Psychology at the University of Keele. Their experiment tests the benefits of saying swear words versus saying neutral words while reacting to pain. For the experiment, the psychologists set up an ice water challenge. They gave people one glass each of ice water to hold and they tested each person twice. The first time, they held the glass while repeating neutral words, and the second time they did so while saying curse words. In the end, the majority of people stated that swearing helped the pain tolerable. Those who stated that the pain was approximately the same during both trials also admitted that they swear an average of 60 times each day, which can diminish the affect of swearing.

Therefore, in the words of Richard Stephans, “If a person holding an ice-cold glass of water he/she will hold onto it for longer if they curse because it gives them a mental reaction of what they are feeling physically.” However, you must keep in mind that this beneficial effect is only noticeable to those who do not swear regularly. He also concluded that “using these words while we are emotional can help us to feel stronger.” Therefore, cursing can not only help you tolerate pain, but also help you to relieve stress or calm down.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Swearing-like-Gordon-Ramsay-good-for-health/articleshow/35022181.cms

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238525.php

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/378431/Good-news-for-Liam-Gallagher-and-Gordon-Ramsay-Swearing-s-effin-good-for-your-health

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-do-we-swear/

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Ever have trouble memorizing material for college exams? Ever thought you were getting too old to remember facts or where you left your keys? According to Sera Filson, a writer for Pick The Brain, “As people get older, substances called free radicals, which are floating through the bloodstream, will break down the brain cells. If you don’t put up a fight, you’ll experience loss of memory as you age. However, there are a good deal of antioxidant food sources to choose from. Antioxidants will merge with these free radicals, turning them harmless.” Buying antioxidant filled food is a cheap, all natural way to improve your memory. The main source of antioxidants lies in fruit. There are certain types of fruits that can actually enhance the human brain and help your memory, both short and long term memory. Some of these “smart fruits” include apples, blueberries, cherries, and grapes.

Over the years, it has been scientifically proven that apples, and the antioxidants in them, can help reverse some of the effects of mental aging. Apples also prevent Alzheimer’s disease from advancing due to its high levels of quercetin, a therapeutic plant pigment. Most of these antioxidants and beneficial components are located in the skin of apples, so consuming apple juice isn’t a beneficial alternative. Blueberries, as wells as Apples, contain various nutrients that help in boosting one’s memory. Blueberries, specifically, contain anthocyanin, a phytochemical with the ability to help enhance the brain’s capability to remember. Cherries contain anthocyanin, a powerful antioxidant, that will also help with memory. With cherries, unlike apples, they do not have to be consumed raw. Consuming cherries that are bake into a dish or a component in a fruity cocktail will still provide you with the antioxidants to improve your memory. Like apples, grapes help with the aging of the mind, whether the grapes are red, white, or purple. And yes, drinking wine can also help improve memory, only if taken in moderation.

In summary, if you are trying to improve your memory, whether it’s to remember why you walked into a room or to memorize material for exams, consuming antioxidants through fruit is the easiest and most effective way to do so.

http://humannhealth.com/memory-boosting-fruits/148/

Of all the colors in the rainbow, do you know which ones are making you fat? Do you know which ones are making you lose weight? Which color is the healthiest? According to Cornell University’s Food and Brand Lab, the color of the plate you’re eating food off of affects your appetite. Some colors are more prone to make you overeat, others to make you lose your appetite completely.

For example, some of the colors that are more prone to make you overeat include turquoise, yellow, orange, and red. In general, colors that stimulate someone’s appetite are colors that make one feel happy and calm. Tropical waters and ocean waves tend to calm down most people and the color associated with these tropical waters is turquoise. It causes people to feel happy, relaxed, and blithe. The color of the sun, yellow, also tends to make people happy and cheerful. Yellow is even the color widely associated with the images of smiley faces; therefore, being the overall symbol of happiness. Both turquoise and yellow cheer people up and happy people are proven more likely to eat than depressed people. In contrast, orange and red don’t stimulate one’s appetite through happiness. The color orange increases the sensation of hunger by stimulating mental activity. The color red is proven to increase blood pressure, elevate heart rate, and in turn, cause hunger. These four colors, if they are the color of the plate you’re eating off of, are most likely to cause you to overeat and binge eat.

On the other hand, the colors that aid as an appetite suppressant include gray, black, brown, purple, and blue. Colors that suppress appetite are usually colors that are related to unappetizing or unnatural things. For example, the colors gray, black, and brown are familiarized ashes and burnt food; therefore, making the food next to it seem unappetizing. Purple and blue are rare colors when it comes to natural foods. Purple, specifically, is only associated with foods such as eggplants or red onions and these foods aren’t enjoyed by everyone. In comparison, blue isn’t associated with any specific food and although it tends to promote calmness, when it comes to eating, blue suppresses one’s appetite. Calmness usually makes people eat, but if someone is overly calm, they are more prone to sleeping than eating. In summary, these colors are used as appetite suppressants because they turn people away from food using either disgust or laziness. Although you may consider using these plate colors to be bad, they are helpful if you are trying to lose weight and moderate meal proportions since you will tend to eat less.

Now that you’ve learned which colors stimulate and suppress your appetite, you’re probably wondering which color plate is the best one to purchase. The best color to surround yourself with when eating is green. The color green is the healthiest color. Although it stimulates your appetite, it makes you more prone to eat abundant and healthy foods. It attracts people to the idea of eating salads and nutritious greens. Overall, green increases the amount of food you consume, but only in relation to healthy foods.

In conclusion, there are pros and cons to all color plates. To some, using certain plate colors to suppress appetite is useful if they are trying to obtain a healthy weight; to others, using colors to stimulate appetite is useful if they plan on adding on a few pounds. And for those looking to have an overall healthier diet, using green plates is the best option when it comes to appetite enhancers and suppressants.

http://weightloss.allwomenstalk.com/colors-that-decrease-and-increase-your-appetite/10/

http://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/outreach/color_plate.html

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In my previous post, I discussed the concept of homeopathic medicine and mentioned that I had attended a Sprayology workshop explaining how homeopathy works. At this workshop, I purchased four sprays in order to conduct my own experiment on whether or not homeopathy works. The sprays I bought were called Brain Power, Immunobooster, Detox, and Hair and Nails.

One of my sprays, Brain Power, actually contains animal brain which is supposed to chemically react with your body to stimulate your brain. It uses natural brain chemicals to make your brain function, so yes although this is an all natural remedy system, its not all vegan, or even vegetarian. The immune booster spray is designed to prevent sicknesses by building up the body’s immune system and ability to fight off infections and viruses. The detox spray is supposed to rid your body of all toxins, whether they’re from consumed food or from exposure to the elements. After using this spray religiously for about three months, I am still unsure whether or not it was effective. I knew from the start that the detox spray had no physical tells of whether or not it was working, which was probably a poor decision on my part during the purchase. Like the detox spray, I have no way of proving whether immunobooster, the immune system spray, actually worked; all I know is that I didn’t get sick while taking it, but right when I stopped I caught a cold. However, this may be coincidental, an anecdote if you will. Now, as for the Brain Power spray, I actually have noticed a slight change in my ability to focus, but then again, I may just be altering my perception in order to justify my purchases. The final purchase was the Hair and Nails spray which claimed to help your hair and nails grow faster, stronger, and healthier. For this spray, because the result was to be a physical change, it was easy to tell whether or not it worked, and it did. My hair grew a few inches longer in a record amount of time and it became thicker and less prone to split ends.

In conclusion, the use of homeopathy as an alternate medication is still not proven effective worldwide; however, in my overall experience using it, I believe that some of the sprays are effective. I continue to use these sprays daily and if it turns out that homeopathy really is a hoax, then at least it doesn’t have any prominent negative effects.

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/homeopathy
http://www.sprayology.com/pages/homeopathic-sprays/

When you go to a drug store like CVS, Walgreens, or even Target, to buy some medicine to cure a cough or stuffy nose, do you know what you’re consuming? Do you know how it’s helping you? Well I asked myself this question on multiple occasions and started to do some research on the subject because, over the years, I’ve noticed that taking medicine makes me feel better almost immediately, but it elongates the time it takes to actually cure my cold. So I went out looking for another solution, a preventative measure to avoid a cold versus curing one after I catch it. I discovered this system called homeopathy.

http://www.prideangel.com/p136/fertility-pregnancy/Homeopathy.aspx

Homeopathy, or homeopathic medicine, is a type of alternative medication (NCCAM). The use of homeopathic remedies to cure sicknesses, from the common cold to fatal diseases, is a controversial issue because most of the proof supporting it is circumstantial. There are claims that homeopathic medicine has a wide range of uses, including relieving physical pain, clearing up acne, and even curing asthma as well as a variety of allergies.

For further research,  I attended a workshop specifically explaining the brand called Sprayology, which is a more modernized take on old homeopathic remedies. This brand focuses on a range of remedies from helping cure allergies to fixing an alcohol-induced hangover. The Sprayology website states, in explaining the concept of homeopathy, “It is based on the premise that certain natural substances are able to stimulate the body’s own healing mechanisms, allowing the body to heal itself.” One of the Sprayology representatives used an example to help clarify what homeopathy does; she explained that it’s like giving someone onions repetitively until the onions no longer make their eyes water.

In summary, concept of homeopathy is similar to that of vaccines. A chicken pox vaccine, for example, uses the virus that causes chicken pox in a small dose so the body learns how to fight it; therefore, preparing the body against the virus if it comes again. With both homeopathy and vaccinations, like cures like. Although these two scientific methods are very similar in concept and ideology, vaccinations are more commonly known and more widely accepted. Vaccines are required by schools and as precautions before traveling to certain countries. So why isn’t homeopathy required or recommended? The reason it’s not a required treatment is because it still cannot be scientifically proven to work consistently or as effectively as it claims.

So, at this workshop, out of experimental curiosity, I purchased four homeopathic sprays, each tailored to help a different cause. I used them all as recommended to see for myself whether or not homeopathy worked for me. I’ll get into the details of my experiment’s results in my next blog post, but as a sneak preview, I’ve concluded that some homeopathic remedies actually do work.

http://nccam.nih.gov/health/homeopathy

http://www.sprayology.com/pages/homeopathic-sprays/

Hello everyone, my name is Nicole Abunassar and I’m hoping to major in Public Relations. I’m enrolled in this course because it was recommended by my advisor and it fits one of my General Education requirements. I’m not planning to be a science major because, as much as I loved mixing chemicals at my own risk, I don’t care to experiment as a career or spend months trying to answer the same question. Here’s a picture of Epcot in June: