Biology
Craving a beer? Feeling bad about it because you think you might be addicted to alcohol? Don't feel bad because all humans are addicted to alcohol...here's why. According to the 'Drunken Monkey Hypothesis', proposed by Dr. Robert Dudley of the University of California- Berkeley, human beings are actually attracted to ethanol (the type of alcohol we drink) because of their huge dependence on fruit throughout our evolutionary journey. Fruit, contains ethanol, and our body craves it as if we were still foraging for food. Along with this hypothesis is our desire for sugars and fats. Why you ask? For the same reasons, however, it is a two-fold answer. Firstly, sugars and fats are very high in calories, fats to be exact are worth twice as many calories as proteins. While proteins are better for us nowadays, if one of our ancestors was able to get double the energy to survive thousands of years ago, that was the better option (obviously). Also, fats and sugars were a whole lot more rare than they are today, so that coupled with the fact that we could gain more energy from these 'horrible' items, over time, ingrained a desire in our genes to crave sugar, fats, and alcohol. So whenever you feel bad about drinking, blame your ancestors of thousands of years ago.
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- Lipid Used For Energy Storage
All lipids share a common characteristic; they do not mix well with water. Fats are lipids that are mainly energy-storing molecules. Fats consist of glycerol linked to three fatty acids. The cooking oil above is an unsaturated fatty acid. Unsaturated...
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Students, Here is the second webquest assignment. BIOMOLECULES Webquest ? The Polymers of LifeMs. Carter Visit these sites and answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Leave a space between the answers. Do not write the questions....
- Alcoholism- Effects And Treatment
Types of alcohols Alcohols include, a. Beverages: They contain 5-15% alcohol. E,g, Wine, beer and toddy. b. Spirits: They contain more than 50% alcohol. E.g. Whisky, brandy, rum, gin, arrack etc . The victims of alcoholism...
- Structure Of Living Beings.
Differentiation between living beings and inert matter is an easy question, at least in appearance. This is, however, because we usually think about living things that can be clearly seen growing, moving or, summing up, changing. But if we take...
Biology
Drunken Monkey Hypothesis
Craving a beer? Feeling bad about it because you think you might be addicted to alcohol? Don't feel bad because all humans are addicted to alcohol...here's why. According to the 'Drunken Monkey Hypothesis', proposed by Dr. Robert Dudley of the University of California- Berkeley, human beings are actually attracted to ethanol (the type of alcohol we drink) because of their huge dependence on fruit throughout our evolutionary journey. Fruit, contains ethanol, and our body craves it as if we were still foraging for food. Along with this hypothesis is our desire for sugars and fats. Why you ask? For the same reasons, however, it is a two-fold answer. Firstly, sugars and fats are very high in calories, fats to be exact are worth twice as many calories as proteins. While proteins are better for us nowadays, if one of our ancestors was able to get double the energy to survive thousands of years ago, that was the better option (obviously). Also, fats and sugars were a whole lot more rare than they are today, so that coupled with the fact that we could gain more energy from these 'horrible' items, over time, ingrained a desire in our genes to crave sugar, fats, and alcohol. So whenever you feel bad about drinking, blame your ancestors of thousands of years ago.
- Organic Compounds
The Four Organic Compounds 1. Carbohydrates are the compound that provide energy to living cells. They are the main energy source because they activate instant cellular energy. The carbohydrates we use as food comes from photosynthesis of plants....
- Lipid Used For Energy Storage
All lipids share a common characteristic; they do not mix well with water. Fats are lipids that are mainly energy-storing molecules. Fats consist of glycerol linked to three fatty acids. The cooking oil above is an unsaturated fatty acid. Unsaturated...
- Biomolecules Webquest
Students, Here is the second webquest assignment. BIOMOLECULES Webquest ? The Polymers of LifeMs. Carter Visit these sites and answer the following questions on a separate piece of paper. Leave a space between the answers. Do not write the questions....
- Alcoholism- Effects And Treatment
Types of alcohols Alcohols include, a. Beverages: They contain 5-15% alcohol. E,g, Wine, beer and toddy. b. Spirits: They contain more than 50% alcohol. E.g. Whisky, brandy, rum, gin, arrack etc . The victims of alcoholism...
- Structure Of Living Beings.
Differentiation between living beings and inert matter is an easy question, at least in appearance. This is, however, because we usually think about living things that can be clearly seen growing, moving or, summing up, changing. But if we take...