Other Classmate's blogs

(Mrs. V, I know my blog is posted late- I've been sick for the last week, sorry!)

First, I read Julia's blog about "going green". Taking AP Environmental Science this year, I have paid more attention to the movement towards becoming more environmentally friendly. I'm really glad to know that many companies and industries are making that switch to making less wastes that are harmful to our environment (especially Hercules because I live 3.5 seconds away from there!). I hope to keep reading Julia's blog and learn more about the scientific part of that switch, because I don't know much about that. Plus, as I said in the comment I left her, I want to use the information I learn from her research to back up my argument with some of the *cough* less liberal classmates of mine in APES.

Next I read Amanda's post about lactic acid and the horrible soreness after a good workout in the weight room. She went into really good detail about all the chemicals involved. I found that I cannot blame the hydrogen atoms for the soreness the next day, darn. I will have to keep reading Amanda's blog as well so that I can figure out what I can blame the soreness for.

And finally I read Sarah's post about artificial sweeteners. It is kind of scary that we see "low fat/calorie" and don't think about the chemicals that are put into those products. I am definitely doing to pay more attention to what I eat and drink now. She put in a lot of details about the side effects of these certain sweeteners, which look similar to my side effects...coincidence? I don't think so, but it is still interesting. Maybe Sarah can be the person to find a non-health threatening sugar substitute. Its all you Sarah :)