Marijuana helps control nausea, vomiting, and pain, as well as contribute to factors such as "total energy intake, energy expenditure, body weight and composition, quality of life benefits, such as feeling of well being, appetite, and enjoyment of food"(American Medical Association). ... The company that is working with Sanofi on this experimental drug believes "that if smoking pot makes people hungry, a compound that blocks the hunger inducing effects of marijuana could make a great diet drug" (Hovey D2). An active compound in marijuana effects a part of the brain, which are called canabinoid...

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Composition Jupiter is unlike the rocky terrestrial (inner) of planets such as Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. ... It may have a core composed of rock-forming minerals like those trapped in comet ices, but the core makes up less than five percent of the planet's mass (Jupiter"). ... Jupiter's outer layer, composed of a gaseous mixture of hydrogen, helium, and traces of other compounds, is about 600 miles thick. ... This is close to the composition of the primordial Solar Nebula from which the entire solar system was formed. ... The core region is surrounded by dense metallic hydrog...

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Composition and Structure Astronomers were able to accurately determine Jupiter's mass even before 1900. ... Jupiter may have a core composed of rock-forming minerals like those trapped in comet ices, but the core makes up less than five percent of the planet's mass. ... Jupiter's outer layer, composed of a gaseous mixture of hydrogen, helium, and traces of hydrogen-rich compounds such as ammonia, methane, and water vapor, is about 600 miles thick. ... The red color of the spot appears to be caused by impurities such as sulfur or phosphorous compounds that absorb ultraviolet...

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In some case studies, athletes have been taking dietary supplements to give them an extra boost in their body composition. ... Creatine gives my athlete a fifteen percent increase in energy during workouts, and regenerates his muscles a lot faster than without loading on this nutrient. ... According to Matthew Kadey, (MS, RD 2012, if you're looking for a mental edge in the gym, here are 8 key foods for the fitness-minded bodybuilder) "Red meat is a natural source of creatine, the same compound shown to offer strength-boosting powers....

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