In my experiment, I was trying to find the answer for my main question which is, what drinks out of Coke, Diet Coke, Red Bull, Gatorade, and Sunny D will have the highest glucose concentration level after adding the enzyme, invertase? I chose this experiment because when I first looked into the topic, it got me really interested learning about the role of enzymes in our body and the different types of sugars and how they fluctuate our blood glucose levels. I decided to do this project since I thought that many people could learn and benefit from my information and I would also enjoy doing it. My experiment consisted of me taking five different drinks and using glucose urine test strips, to test the amount of glucose present in these drinks before and after adding invertase.
Fermentation occurs in the presence of carbohydrates, and the experiment was conducted to determine which carbohydrate, either glucose, fructose, sucrose, sucralose, or starch, produces the most carbon dioxide gas as a byproduct of fermentation. Respirometers are devices that measure the rate of aerobic or anaerobic respiration of organisms or foods through the measurement of certain gasses, such as carbon dioxide ("Respirometers Information," n.d.). Respirometers show the rate of anaerobic respiration, such as fermentation, through the measurement of the production of carbon dioxide
The purpose of the experiment was to help us better understand how water, Coke and Gatorade effected the renal system. The goal was to test and see if my hypothesis were correct regarding the urine specific gravity, urine flow rate, and presents of reagents using the Labstix. My hypothesis for this experiment was that the Gatorade drinkers will have the highest urine flow rate and that non-drinkers would have the highest urine specific gravity. Water is hypo-osmotic and coke contains a high amount of sugar making it hyperosmotic relative to plasma. Gatorade consists of large amounts of electrolytes making it iso-osmatic relative to the plasma. Based on these characteristics of the consumed substances, we are able to study the hormonal effects on the average UFR and USG.
This was determined by observing significant reactions that occurred when the powders that Unknown Mixture #2 consisted of were individually tested with the liquid reagents. Alka-seltzer proved to be a highly reactive reagent as bubbling occurred whenever any of the liquid reagents were mixed with it. It appears that alka-seltzer created a neutralization reaction with each of the liquids. Since alka-seltzer and baking soda contain similar chemical properties, it can also be inferred that the bubbles that were apparent for each of these neutralization reactions was the gaseous carbon dioxide that was created during the reaction. While alka-seltzer seemed to be highly reactive, table salt wasn’t very reactive at all. Despite the fact that salt wasn’t very reactive, it can still be deduced that salt was in Unknown Mixture #2 without noticing any of its reactions. This is because it is already evident that baking soda and cornstarch are in Unknown Mixture #1. Since two of the four possible substances are already in Unknown Mixture #1 and none of their special properties were observed in Unknown Mixture #2, the presence of salt in Unknown Mixture #2 can be confirmed by using the process of elimination. By understanding how each of the powders reacts with each of the liquid regents, the substances of the unknown mixtures can be
Author repeated the same experiment with another person, but the juice was poured by the author in SW and TS is of same volume. It is noticed that people have the tendency to choose SW more likely than TS.
Since the data stated that only 610.2 mL of soda were left in the Diet Coke as apposed to the 698.5 mL left in the Diet 7-Up, and 799.5 mL left in the Dr. Thunder we have reliable data to support our hypothesis. One thing that I learned from this experiment is that not all types of soda react to Mentos in the same way. This is also true to how we react to things. Different people react the same situation in different ways. Some people are most like Dr. Thunder, and a very small reaction. However, others are more like Diet Coke, and react a much larger reaction. Still others are like Diet 7-Up, they definitely react, but not too much and not too little.
There were three hypotheses of the experiment. The first was, “we expect that demographic factors will predict the importance of taste, nutrition, cost, convenience, and weight control to individual persons”. This means that they (the scientist involved) believed that the personal characteristics (age, gender, income, and race) will affect the flavor of food, benefits
In this article, you are informed about a disease that is occurring more often in our society. It is commonly referred to as “heartburn” but is more appropriately named acid reflux disease or gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). Most people suffer from this disease, but think nothing of it. Perhaps they have felt it after a big meal, lying down after eating, during pregnancy, or even when bending over. Most people feel that GERD occurs after eating spicy foods, when in fact the major cause of GERD is fatty foods and the quantity of foods eaten.
Do the test smell and food, then no smell and food, then only food. Continue with these steps until experiment is finished. The results for cinnamon scent and food 11/12 correct, for cinnamon with no scent and food 12/12 correct, for cinnamon with food 12/12 correct. The results for mint scent and food 8/12 correct, for mint no scent and food 12/12 correct, for mint with food 12/12 correct. The results for vanilla scent and food 12/12 correct, for vanilla no scent and food 12/12 correct, for vanilla with food 12/12 correct. The predicted results were that with scent and food that the volunteers wouldn’t be able to still taste. What could be done differently if this project was performed again is having one volunteer at a time doing the test. Another thing is give the volunteer a glass of water to clean the mouth from any taste when tasting something new. Experimental error were not taking the volunteers smell away completely. The hypothesis, if the smell was cinnamon then the taste of ketchup will decrease. The hypothesis was not supported. When comparing the foods with smell against the foods without smell the cinnamon had a 9% difference, mint had a 40%
Both S. A Novel About the Balkans by Slavenka Drakulic and This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen by Tadeusz Borowski are novels that tell the tale of those who were victims of some of the worst crimes ever committed in human history. The main characters of each novel are subjected to terrible conditions but nevertheless both defeat the odds and survive. Survivors of such events often struggle to deal with their past. The authors of each novel deal with this struggle in different ways through the characters.
After eating the cracker, the participant drank the cup with the odd number first. It was instructed to drink the beverage slowly, so that they can focus on the taste and other characteristics of the drink. After finishing the first drink, questions 7a, 7b, and 7c were answered on the Cola Rating Sheet. Next, the participants ate the second saltine cracker to clean their palate and prevent the carry-over effect. The second beverage was consumed in a slow motion in order to pay attention to the taste and compare it to the first beverage. The remaining questions 8a, 8b, 8c, and 9 were answered on the Cola Rating Sheet. Then, the professor revealed the correct answers on the projector screen and the participants discovered if their predictions on the Cola Rating Sheet were correct. Lastly, the professor collected all of the materials and surveys from the participants in the interest of seeing the gathered data from the
How study was conducted was that the first eleven adults, Group A, were randomly selected to drink 355 mL of water mixed with 0, 68, 170, or 250 mg sucralose. There were also 11 adults in Group B who were randomly selected to drink 355 mL seltzer water, 355 mL diet cola with no caffeine that was sweetened with 68 sucralose mg and 41 mg ace-K, or 68 mg sucralose and 41 mg ace-K in 355 mL of seltzer water. The last group, Group C, were randomly selected to drink 0 or 68 mg sucralose in 240 mL water. Exams were performed carefully with an I-Class UPLC (Waters Corp., Milford, MA, USA) , UPLC BEH C-18 column combined with a Q-Exactive MS (Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) with an HESI-II electrospray
Sodas, sports drinks, and energy drinks are being increasingly consumed as they become less expensive yet continue to stay addicting due to their high sugar content. In fact, since the 1950s, the American consumption of sugary carbonated beverages has tripled (“The Real Bears”). Today, carbonated beverages account for 7% of the total calories consumed in America, more than any other food item. These facts are clearly stark indicators of America’s obesity problems, and have accordingly convinced many people to limit their soda intake or stop drinking soda entirely. In my own personal experience, I am meeting more and more people even my own age who refuse to drink soda, and I myself do not drink soda either. This causes quite a dilemma for the
Every single day society uses different technology to get through the day but we never know where our help was made or how, even how it was made. One key factor in any type of tech that we use is what keeps it running and how efficient that power source is like gasoline. A lot of tech and automotive are built to run on fossil fuels and also gasoline is the biggest source of natural raw material to be used as a energy. Gasoline is the life source to most American transportation systems and vehicles. Petroleum products and internal combustion engines have helped the United States into a world power over the past century and continues to power the overall majority of motor vehicles like land, sea, or air transportation. Even though people
Each trial consisted of two hours of steady state cycling at 70% VO2 peak immediately followed by an all out time trial. Study A compared placebo (no caffeine), caffeine before the trial (precaf), during trial (durcaf), and cola as a replacement for a 6% CHO (carbohydrate/sugar) sports drink just before the final time trial. Study B was similar to study A, but moved up the cola drink intake to allow the athletes to consume the cola at a rate that simulated race conditions. Study B also compared decaffeinated 6% CHO cola (control), caffeinated 6% CHO cola (Caf), decaffeinated 11% CHO cola (extraCHO), and caffeinated 11% CHO (Coke). This allowed determination of whether effects were from caffeine, increased sugar content, or some combination.