Nutrition Articles

Health » Nutrition | By Rusty McGlasson @ Friday, 25th July 2008 @ 12:27 AM

There are many top cancer fighting foods out there. You just have to know where to look and to be informed. The main thing to remember when you are battling this disease or trying to prevent it, is to just keep it simple. Eating a healthy diet is so important. Try to avoid any kind of processed or prepared foods. If at all possible try to do some home cooking. When buying vegetables, buy organic. I know it's expensive, but I can't stress enough how important that is. Wh... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 6:30 PM

Food is the matter that is taken into the body to supply nourishment or to replace tissue-waste. Every physical act consumes a part of the force that has been derived from food. The maintenance of the body-heat consumes another part, and in growing individuals a certain amount is utilized in building up the new tissues. Food as it is taken into the body differs very much in composition from the material that can be utilized in cell-growth and in replacing the tissue-waste. The function o... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 6:17 PM

Life is a perpetual function; it has for its seat the organs which, working and modifying themselves incessantly, have a constant tendency to revert to their primitive type Thence a continual current of exchanges, the upkeep of which is borne by alimentation. According to its nature, it preserves in a normal state the composition and the texture of the organs, or rather transforms slowly then: substance and, with it the functional acts. Nothing therefore is of greater importance than to ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 6:06 PM

The past few years have been a period of great and fruitful activity for the biological chemist. When one surveys the results that have been amassed, one feels that the requisites of diet are so numerous as to make failure in nutrition altogether more probable than success; it seems scarcely possible that all the known demands shall be satisfied. But as a corrective upon this impression, we have before us the fact that the human race, without scientific guidance, has maintained through the ages ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 6:06 PM

In the production of glucose by the hydrolysis of starch, a considerable quantity of fat occurs in the glucose liquor. From the previous treatment of the raw starch this fat appears to be an inherent part of the starch itself. This investigation was undertaken to determine whether fat is really combined with the carbohydrate in the starch molecule. It was shown that: (a) Fat is liberated upon the hydrolysis of starch. (b) Although no definite compound of carbohydrate and ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 5:49 PM

Life is only earned on by virtue of the continuous changes and expenditures which create the corresponding alimentary wants A full grown man, in good active health, uses up each day, calculated in the fresh state, about 500 grms of his flesh or of other albuminous compounds which form his blood and his tissues. He burns a part of his fats and furnishes by their combustion, and by that of sugars and starches, which foods put at his disposal or which his organs provide him with, a quantity... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Brue Baker @ Wednesday, 23rd July 2008 @ 1:43 AM

The state of your health depends largely on your lifestyle and the food that you eat. If you do not eat well, your body will not be able to function perfectly and you can easily become sick. According to studies, more than 50% of the people in the United States do not eat a balanced diet. It's not that Americans do not know what nutrition is, it's that most Americans choose junk food and processed foods because they are cheaper and more convenient than healthy food. In ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Faye B. Roberts @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 11:19 PM

When looking for a good weight loss program, there are several factors that you will want to look for. A weight loss program will be able to teach the user how to permanently alter their unhealthy eating habits. There are factors such as minimal physical activity that may actually be the biggest contributor to a person's weight gain. A person will also want a program that addresses their personal food likes and their dislikes as well so their weight loss goal will be easier to reach. ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Shannon Pollock @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 11:09 PM

Meals that have high glycemic levels are responsible for a higher insulin output which would then store more glycogen and fat. As a matter of fact, meals that contain high glycemic levels will cause the blood glucose to raise two times higher than a low glycemic meal even when both meals have the same amount of calories. High glycemic meals are less filling, lead to feelings of hunger sooner or increased meal size as opposed to low glycemic meals. Some studies have revealed that children ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Eddie Yakubovich @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 7:54 PM

Vitamins are extremely important for our systems, and regular intake of vitamins is a must if one wants to maintain a healthy body. Nowadays, instead of eating vitamin-rich food, a number of people are opting for vitamin supplements, which ensures that one covers the required daily intake of vitamins in one clean sweep. With the popularity of vitamin supplements rising, liquid multivitamins are becoming more and more frequently used these days. Multivitamins are a combination of the vitam... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 6:06 PM

The adult man in full health recuperates daily by his food what he loses by his functions. In the normal state the two conditions balance one another but if by an internal or external cause an inequality is produced, the individual happens to lose more than he gains or to accumulate more than he loses. If the nutrition is abnormal or such cells charging themselves with albumin, with fat, with nitrogenous matters incompletely used up or oxidized, if the organs of dissimilation are choked ... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 2:35 PM

The digestion of healthy children of seven to fourteen years old is good; the period is one of great growth, demanding a gain of from five to twelve grams per day. Half the nitrogenous food may be of animal origin. Fat is absolutely necessary at this age, and when the coarser forms are repulsive, great care must be taken to give it in a delicate or concealed form. The incessant activity of the child in the open air if left to himself permits the ready assimilation of whatever comes to ha... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 12:56 PM

It will be seen that cows' milk is not an exact substitute for mothers' milk, and if diluted it is still less so, since the proportions are not the same. The potassium salts which seem so necessary to the building up of the blood corpuscles and body tissue are deficient as well as the fat. A favorite recommendation of physicians is to allow fresh, clean milk to stand, protected from dust, on ice or in a cold place for four or five hours, and then pour off the upper third, ten o... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 6:57 AM

Each living thing has its food, without which it dies. This food may vary within certain limits; beyond them disease sets in, even if life continues. Every child who has kept chickens or rabbits knows how carefully and regularly they need to be fed. Every child who has grown house plants or cultivated a garden plot knows how necessary air, water, and soil are for their life and growth. It is only needful to transfer this knowledge to ourselves to see that we, as living beings, ne... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Malcolm Blake @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 6:44 AM

Food, in order to be used by the body, must be digested and this process of digestion is a complicated one. It might almost be said to begin before the food is eaten, as it is greatly influenced by appetite, smell, sight, and the surroundings. These subjects will be mentioned more fully later on. Good food prepared in a skilful manner, pleasant to see, to smell, and to taste, taken in comfortable surroundings, with cheerful companions, will be digested with ease by normal individuals, wh... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Mike Singh @ Tuesday, 22nd July 2008 @ 2:57 AM

Tap water is not as safe for drinking as many people assume in many places and as many governments tell us. Government bureaucrats make it seem as if their regulatory efforts are perfect and complete, but there are many gaping holes in them. Tap water is often "cleansed" with chlorine. Once thought to be a great and benign water cleanser even for drinking water, chlorine has now been linked in numerous studies to causing cancer if consumed for an extended period of time. Tap wate... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Karen Graham @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 7:38 PM

This article explains in brief the methods of water purification needed in order for us to be drinking, cooking and bathing with the purest water that we can. However it also holds a warning to help people understand the importance of water filtration. When either surface water from lakes, reservoirs or rivers or ground water pumped from wells is taken to the water treatment plants a method of water purification - pre-filtration system of softening the water is already in process. more...

Health » Nutrition | By Karen Graham @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 7:34 PM

You might think that water purification technology is making your water safe and probably so did the residents of Pittsburgh. The National Council in that area report that Pittsburgh's treatment plants are already in problems and cannot cope with sewer overflows and storm-water runoff, especially when it is wet. An investigation done by USA Today states that the Ameican Federal Laws on the safety and purity of water are failing which means that it is putting millions of Amer... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Jay Snaric @ Monday, 21st July 2008 @ 1:58 PM

Understanding the Carb Loading Phenomenon has proven to be an essential element for women who have been successful with weight loss. When the Carb Loading Phenomenon is properly utilized it results in fast, safe, and effective weight loss. The phenomenon occurs when positive carbohydrates are consumed, while negative carbohydrates are avoided. When a diet consists of only positive carbohydrates a phenomenon occurs that signals her body to very efficiently burn the stored triglycerides i... more...

Health » Nutrition | By Brenda Skidmore @ Saturday, 19th July 2008 @ 7:37 AM

It's the summer blues season, and it is the perfect time to enjoy nature's bountiful blueberry harvest in full swing. Prime blueberry season runs from mid June to mid August. In fact, New England hiking enthusiasts may happen to find a patch of smaller, wild blueberries on their off trail hiking treks. Blueberries are a nutritional bonanza of health enhancing compounds ranging from antioxidants, anthocyanins, ellagic acid, to phenolic acids. Researchers at Tufts University recen... more...