Nutraceutical and Functional Foods
Actualy nutraceuticals and functional foods are considered as a part of new era of the nutrition science and to the medicine and health... |
The Reasons for Including Brassica Vegetables in our Diet
The plant family of Brassicaceae consists of a large variety of vegetables. Among the most valuable vegetables for improving health that belong to the Brassicaceae or Cruciferae family can be mentioned... |
Maca: The Peruvian Gingsen
Maca (Lepidium meyenii Walpers) is a native plant in the Andes region and belongs to the Brassicaceae family... |
The Risks of Multi-Vitamin Intake
Vitamins are a group of organic nutrients, required in small quantities for a variety of biochemical functions that, generally, cannot be synthesized by the body and must therefore be supplied in the diet[2]. Most of the vitamins are absolutely essential in the human diet... |
The Vitamin A
Vitamin A is a fat soluble vitamin. Under normal conditions, over 90% of vitamin A is stored in the liver, mostly as retinyl palmitate This is why fish and animal livers (and their oils, like cod liver oil) are such potent sources of vitamin A... |
Vitamin D Deficiency is a Serious Problem in the Wolrd
Vitamin D deficiency is now recognized as a pandemic with more than half of the world’s population currently at risk. It is estimated that one billion people worldwide have either vitamin D deficiency of insufficiency. The major cause of vitamin D deficiency... |
Antiseptiec Properties of Cod Liver Oil
According with The Indian Medical Gazette published in June 1936, raw cod liver oil has healing and antiseptic properties that could be very useful for treating wounds... |
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