Cell Biology 293 has given me the most detailed understanding of the blood glucose regulation pathways of any class. In other classes such as Anatomy and Physiology I, we touched on the pathways, but didn’t go into detail the G-Protein Coupled Receptors (GPCR) and Receptor Tyrosine Kinases (RTK) that embody them. This greater level of detail also helped me to better understand the causes and onset of Type 2 Diabetes. Now more than ever obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease are prominent issues in the United States. As a future physical therapist, I can not only help myself and others through my knowledge of the body and necessary physical activity, but also through nutritional advice that specifically combats the causation of type 2 diabetes. For example, now that I know the nature of RTKs and that repeated blood glucose spikes causes eventual insulin resistance, I can make more responsible dietary decisions that don’t rise my blood glucose so intensely.