Lindsay Baker, March 11, 2008 3/3

What We Did Today:

• Finished questions really fast
• Discussed products of yeast fermentation
• C02 + ethanol + 2 ATP
• Discussed products of anaerobic respiration
• Lactic Acid + 2 ATP
• Got bottle biosphere project back! WOOO. I did good.
  
• Learned that H2S is hella deadly because it blocks off a part of the electron transport chain
• Prepared for the UNIT TEST! I did not so good.
  

Thoughts and Opinions:

Everything was pretty interesting. I understood all that junk. I learned you can eat a whole bottle of tums and it's almost like 'roidin'. Without the 'roid rage. I also found that I can't use terms like "whatnot" and "sass" in school projects. Shucks.

Above and Beyond:

Steroids taken for an extended period of time can cause:

• stunted growth in teens (by causing bones to mature too fast and stop growing at an early age)
• liver tumors
• abnormal enlargement of the heart muscles
• violent, aggressive behavior and mood swings
• blood lipid abnormalities that contribute to heart disease
• acne (or a worsening of acne)
• increased breast growth in males, especially teens
• irreversible stretch marks
• a heightened tendency for hair loss and male-pattern baldness
• muscle aches

Teen girls and women risk these additional side effects:

• male-type facial and body hair growth and male-pattern baldness
• deepening of the voice

Sodium bicarbonate, on the other hand, is used to relieve itches from bacterial infections and poison ivy. It can be used to clean your ears when it's in a 10% concentrated solution. It's also used as a base in crack cocaine.

So, if I had to choose between anabolic steroids and chuggin' sodium bicarbonate, I'd do the latter. Even if I had to deal with large doses of diarrhea. (ps; I'm making fun of you, Batch.)