Health & nutrition

Carbohydrates are complex organic compounds composed of carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. Carbohydrates provide a major source of calories for the body. Although all carbohydrates have the same chemical composition, they differ in the complexity of its molecular structure. So...

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Vitamins are essential nutrients that the human body can not synthesize and must ingest them through food. Vitamins arise from plants with the help of the sun and/or bacteria and from human or animal body.  There are about 40 different substances known as essential...

Nutrition is one of the needs of every person on Earth, it is a process by which the human organism ingests, digests, absorbs, transports, and excretes food substances. In other words, nutrition is what you eat and how the food you get affects your body and your health. The...

The only way to make exercise part of your life is to build this into your everyday life. Many people go for a brisk walk, gentle jog or try an exercise class. Everyone is different, so you must choose something that you find enjoyable. As a fully pledged adult, you should try to...

  A pound of fat equals 3500 calories. To lose 1 pound a week you will need to expend 3500 more calories than you eat that week, whether through increased activity or decreased eating or both. Losing 1-2 pounds of fat a week is a sensible goal, and so you will want to use...

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Obesity is one of the major health concerns that plague America today. Approximately two-thirds of American adults are considered overweight; while one in three are seriously overweight or obese. Obesity is defined as having an abnormal amount of body fat; being 20 to 30 percent over...

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. ...

Cholesterol is a fatty substance that occurs naturally in the blood, cell walls, and most body tissues. Cholesterol is made by the liver, and it enters the body via foods rich in saturated fat. There are two types of cholesterol; these are what they termed as the good and...

The food you eat not only contributes to the quality of your weight and general health, but also on how well you sleep. Some foods help you sleep better. While others can make sleep difficult or even impossible. Foods that improve sleep include fruits, green leafy vegetables,...

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Obesity is caused by unhealthy eating combined with sustained lack of activity. If food gives you more calories than you burn, your body turns on the storage program and puts on fat. This is the basic idea behind obesity. Disorderly eating habits are the top reason...

It’s always easy to gain weight and damned hard to lose it. Eating is one of the true pleasures in life and refraining from food has huge physical and psychological implications that cannot be easily discarded. Nobody likes to have to give up a pleasure, which is why many people...

It's absolutely important that our body gets the nutrients it needs to function effectively and efficiently. The lack of balanced diet in addition to the daily stress of pollution depletes our body of nutrients. It's up to us to replace these nutrients. We can do this through...