Lesson 7 This is lesson 7 and the questions are taken from the material in units 13 and 14 of your text.

This work will be due on Monday, March 5, 2008. 1. Why are we having a diabetes epidemic worldwide? 2. Give the two types of diabetes, giving the symptons, health consequences, treatments, correct management of each. 3. What is the metabolic syndrome and what are the key components in preventing and managing metabolic syndrome? 4. Describe gestational diabetes, treament, prevention, etc. 5. What is glycemic index and what affects it most? 6. What is glycemic load, how is it calculated and what foods would affect this the most? 7. What is hypoglycemia, what are causes, symptons, teartments, prevenetion, etc? 8. What is the noraml blood glucose level? 9. Give both positive and negavtive facts about alcohol. 10. Is alcohol a food or a drug. 11. Describe how the body handles, and the effects of, alcohol. 12. What is acute alcohol poissoning? 13. Give the causes of alcoholism.