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Amino acid- Benefits and its functions

The amino acid is an organic acid in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by NH2 group. It is one of the organic compounds, which represent the end product of the protein breakdown. All proteins are made up of amino acids. An amino acid contains ... Read >
Author: Dr John Anne

You Need Fats in Your Diet

Nutritionists recommend that 30 percent of our diet comes from fats. Our cells require fats to work properly. Each cell membrane in our body is made up of 50 percent saturated fat. When we do not take enough saturated fats, our cells stop functioning prop... Read >
Author: John Goh

WHAT ARE OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS PART-1

A growing body of scientific research, including works endorsed by the Professor of Psychiatry (Neuroscience) at Harvard Medical School, amongst many others, indicates that these healthy fats help prevent a wide range of medical problems, including de... Read >
Author: Deepak

All About Fats

With the low carbohydrate craze, many people have turned their attention to fats. They eat more of it and think its fine. Depending on what kind of fat you are consuming and how much of it you take in, fats can be beneficial or detrimental to your health.... Read >
Author: Ken Bendor

Water Garden Bridges the Centuries

Everyone knows that water is one of the most abundant – and popular – chemicals on Earth. It's so popular, in fact, that anyone over the age of ten (and some who are even younger) can probably tell you that the chemical formula for water is H2O. So we kno... Read >
Author: Kathy Moran

The Nature of Water H2O.

Human Biology and Water The amount of water in the earth's environment never changes, whether it is as a liquid (fresh water, seawater, rain, tiny droplets in clouds), as a gas (water vapour) or in its solid state (snow, ice or hail). There is also wa... Read >
Author: wayne Jones

Glucosamine

GlucosamineHelps to reduce pain and inflammation What is Glucosamine?Glucosamine is made from the sugar combination. The first part of the name glucos is derived from the word glucose and the second one is amine, which is a derivative of ammonia containin... Read >
Author: Get Nutri

What Exactly Does it Mean When Foods are "Hydrogenated," and What Risks Can it Pose?

Hydrogenation is a chemical reaction -- widely used in the processing of cooking oils and fats -- that turns unsaturated fatty acids into saturated ones. Technically speaking, during this process unsaturated bonds between carbon atoms are reduced by attac... Read >
Author: Brian Vaszily

Do you know your fats?

Copyright 2005 David McEvoy What is fat? There are three classes of nutrients; proteins, carbohydrates and fat, which is also known as lipid. Fat's function is to provide energy for the body, and pound per pound it contains more energy in the form o... Read >
Author: dave mcevoy

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