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“Boys Don’t Cry” was written by Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen and is based on the true story of Brandon Teena. Brandon Teena was born Teena Brandon, in Lincoln Nebraska. He is a transgender male and none of his family or people from his home town understand. In the opening scene Brandon is going on a date. Things go very well and when he takes the girl home they kiss. Unfortunately, some guys find out and chase Brandon back to his cousin’s house shouting obscenities, threatening him, and calling him names like “fag” and “dike.” Brandon’s cousin gets upset with him because he isn’t a boy and wants him to just admit that he’s a “dike.” When Brandon refuses to do this his cousin kicks him out. With nowhere else to go, Brandon heads for the local bar where he meets Candice and John. Brandon immediately bonds with them and goes with them and their friend Tom to a party in Falls City, Nebraska. This is where Brandon meets the girl of his dreams and the girl who turns his life upside down, Lana. As the movie continues the five of them all become very close, especially Brandon and Lana. One night while they are all out having fun Brandon is driving and runs from the cops until he decides to pull over. The cop warns him and says he will be receiving a ticket. During the time after this Brandon and Lana take things to the next level and become intimate with each other. This upsets John because he used to be Lana’s boyfriend. A few days later Brandon receives his ticket and when he…

health. Natural versus artificiel trans fats As previously mentioned, trans fats can come from two sources, naturally and artificially via the process of hydrogenation. Natural trans fat is formed in some grassland animals and small amounts can be found in animal products (Food and Drug Administration, 2016). This is due to bacteria found in the stomachs of these animals that convert the fatty oils (Harvard Health Publications, 2008). In fact, it was reported by Harvard Medical School trans fat…

In the article “Oh Brother,” which was first published in the Boston Globe in 2006, Jeff Jacoby raises a question about U.S. people’s liberty by illustrating an issue of banning trans fats from restaurants in New York City. He argues that, trans fats food is bad in some perspectives, such as it could raise the risk of heart disease and it is bad for people’s long-term health. However, trans-fats food also brings people immediate joy when dinning, and that makes trans fats food becomes a personal…

acid Figure 7. Linoleic acid Trans fats are partially hydrogenated unsaturated fats. Trans fatty acids are characterized by presence of trans double carbon-carbon bonds. These bonds are rotated, their orientation is changed, so trans fatty acids have almost linear shape and they can therefore be packed tightly similar to saturated fatty acids. Examples of foods containing trans fats are margarine, vegetable shortenings, french fries fried in hydrogenized vegetable oil, and virtually…

Trans-fatty acids form during the process of hydrogenation. Once polyunsaturated oils are hardened by hydrogenation, some of the unsaturated fatty acids end up altering their shapes rather than becoming saturated. As a result, this alteration in chemical structure creates trans unsaturated fatty acids that are similar in shape to saturated fatty acids. These changed fatty acids, or trans fatty acids, have an effect on the body’s health. Some foods that contain trans-fat include fried foods,…

According to the FDA, food companies are allowed to say that their food products contains 0 grams of trans fat, as long as one serving contains less than .50 grams of trans fat. However, food companies should not be allowed to hide trans fats like these, as they are unhealthy for our bodies and health. As a spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association Andrea Giancoli states it “Trans fats raise your bad cholesterol just like saturated fats, but they also increase inflammation and lower the…

In a political sense, precedent is important because it is often a belief of change. Take for example the New York trans fat ban. In 2006, New York city became the first municipality to restrict artificial trans fats in restaurants “and would not be the last as health officials across the US mobilized to enact similar bans of their own” (Brady, 2015). New York recognized a need to counteract the growing health concerns regarding trans fats, which in turn, raised awareness in other municipalities…

Inflammation can also be influenced by the foods you eat. Research has shown that certain foods trigger inflammation and others suppress it. Some of the foods that are pro-inflammatory include: Animal fats (corn-fed beef, dark meat and skin of poultry, pork, duck Hydrogenated fats (trans fat) Fried foods (fried in saturated,hydrogenated or polyunsaturated fats) Sweets (sugar, candy, cookies, cakes, ice cream, donuts, sweet drinks) Refined grains (white bread, pasta, white rice) Processed foods…

Saturated and Trans fats are considered unhealthy fats. Trans fats are also called partially hydrogenated fats because the oils are converted in a solid fat at room temperature changing the carbon to carbon double bond to a carbon to carbon single bond structure (McGuire et al., 2013, pg. 128). Saturated fats contain carbon to carbon single bonds in its structure, then making its structure more rigid, less likely to bend in shape, and solidifying it at room temperature (McGuire et al., 2013, pg.…

Transgender people should use the bathroom that matches their gender identity. It is unsafe for trans* people to go into the restroom that matches the gender they were born as. If a trans* male (ftm) were to go into the women’s restroom looking and passing as a cis male it could be very dangerous and/or chaotic. Women would most likely panic because you don’t always know when someone is trans* and they would think it’s just a man. If a cis male in the women’s restroom is bad, why isn’t it the…