{"id":612,"date":"2023-04-02T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/?p=612"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:25:10","slug":"week-8-homeostasis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestology.bestrobotics.org\/index.php\/2023\/04\/02\/week-8-homeostasis\/","title":{"rendered":"bestology 2023 Week 8 – Homeostasis"},"content":{"rendered":"

Homeostasis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Week 8<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

What would happen if you chugged half a gallon of water after a hard workout? Would you swell up like a water balloon?\u00a0 Have you ever wondered how our bodies change and grow so much once puberty hits and then plateaus out for much of our adult life? Homeostasis is the balance that occurs within your life keeping you alive. If we get hot, we sweat and if we are cold we shiver. Once our brain notices we are sweating or shivering, then our body responds to try to keep us at 98.5 degrees. We drink too much, we pee it out. Homeostasis is working to keep your water levels in your body at a constant, regulating your sugar levels, pH levels, internal temperature, blood-oxygen levels, and more. Homeostasis helps you maintain a constant internal environment that is optimal for keeping you balanced and healthy.<\/p>\n

Watch to learn more: What Is Homeostasis? \u00bb Science ABC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Homeostasis in the human body (Photo Credit: VectorMine\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n

When you work out, how do you feel? Do you feel your heart pounding? Are you sweating and breathing hard? Those bodily reactions or physiological factors are all part of your body maintaining a state of homeostasis.<\/p>\n

When you exercise, can you name what bodily factors are affected? \u00a0What must you do when exercising or after to keep your body at a state of balance or homeostasis?\u00a0Read this article to find out: How Does the Body Maintain Homeostasis in Response to Exercise?<\/a><\/p>\n

Homeostasis keeps you internally regulated, but what keeps you self-regulated? Are you good at multitasking and balancing all of your stressors? Be honest, normally we don\u2019t make a change and actually try a calm down strategy until we are at our whits end or desperate. We are normally self-centered, we lose focus of how we affect others or if something is healthy for us or not. That is why we need to know our weaknesses so we can make changes, practice our self-regulation skills so they are more available in \u2018the heat of the moment.\u2019 You need a better balance.<\/p>\n

In your journal, answer the following questions:<\/p>\n