''GoGatsuByo''

 First, What is "Gogatsu-Byo"???

A new employee and new students of the university are easy to fall this symptom. Mental condition that people cannot get used to be in the new environment is very related to it. Even if we have high motivation for new environment, some of us who cannot adopt the environment get it after the first week in May, you know, Golden Week. They get tired very much during GW, and lose mind that they want to go office or school. 

 To avoid this, we should refresh our mind by meeting our old friends or keeping regular life style in April. We also should not expect too much for our new environment. I think working off the stress is the best solution.

What are trans fats anyway, and why are they so bad?

　In my opinion, to add some trans fat in processed food cannot be avoided. It is contained in frozen food. Frozen food is very useful when someone is too busy to cook. Therefore, a little amount of trans fat is OK, but we should avoid taking trans fat as much as we can. I was surprised that FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg stated that further reductions could save 7,000 lives each year. This sentence noticed me that trans fat is more dangerous than I had expected. 

 Trans fat is made by adding hydrogen to liquid oil, which turns it into a solid. It is cheap than animal fat like butter and lard. Artificial trans fats were invented in 1901 by the German chemist. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that trans fat increases the risk of heart disease, including angina, heart attacks and other potentially fatal problems. To use artificial trans fat in the restaurant or shop was banned and the action to avoid using it  in the food products is spread. I think these things are so good for our health. Diets included little trans fat make us healthier or keep body's conditions. Food companies should continue to try reducing trans fat.

Human beings are the only intelligent life in the universe?

From a long time before, human beings are believed to be the only intelligent life in the universe.
As a evidence, we can communicate by speaking and listening and can appear emotion. We all may understand this. However, human beings are the only outstanding creature in the world and there might be more animals that are intelligent such as apes. They live in a group. Then, they have to communicate each other. I think that they cannot live unless they understand each other. Therefore, there are more intelligent life in the universe. Recently, a study about animal intelligence soluve other animals. I am looking forward to seeing the study.

Reaction to the lecture from Dr. Paul Wadden

 From the lecture, I appreciated that ICU is the most balanced university. We can learn academically and actively by discussing and asking during the class. And also, we do not have to decide major when we enter ICU. It is so nice!!
 It is bad point for Japanese students that they tend to consider the university as leisure land. We should enjoy college life, however, in the point of studying, we should learn voluntary not just listening lecture but asking when we have a question.
 We cannot change Japanese current higher educational system easily, but the system should be changed in that major course system. Since we have not studied specialized course such as psychology and linguistics, we may want to change our major in the process of college life when we got interested other course that is different from your ordinary major. I wish.....
 I strongly felt that to enter the company used the OB or OG connection called "コネ入社" in Japanese should be banned because it prevents other great able people from getting their suitable jobs.
I enjoyed the lecture from Dr. Paul Wadden!!!

A friend in need is a friend indeed...

・You may have so many friends during the school life.
  However, how many best, and true friends do you have??
  For example, when you face the bad situation like losing thing that you very need and getting bad points on the test, you must be sad.
  Then some friends may cheer you up or listen to your trouble.
I think they are friends indeed. 
  This proverb teaches us that we can realize the existence of friends when they help us to save from the adverse circumstances.
   I want to make friends indeed and realize true friendship in my university life!!

What is the perfect meal

・It contains many kinds of nutritions like carbohydrates, protain, a vitamin, calcium and so on. Some nutrients in one food can attack some poison elements even if they contains in other foods. However, a nourishing food like Calorie mate is not the perfect meal.

・It is composed rice or bread or noodle, fish or meat, vegetables, fruits and other food products.

・It should suit people's conditions. For example, when you are sick, the meal should be soft and easily digestible food.

・It has wonderful smell and taste.

・It does not contain too much fat, salt and sugar .

・It has various color so that you have an  good appetite.

・The calories of the meal is not so high.

・I think the perfect meal close to us is a set lunch, Teisyoku called in Japanese. It is so nutritious that our body can stay healthy, however, we cannot make perfect meal easily.

・In lunch time,  I would like to eat a set lunch as much as I can.