The fat maintaining cell integrity and functions

What is Cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a substance that maintains cell integrity and functions.…

DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) are omega-3 fatty acids crucial for brain health, heart function, and inflammation reduction.

Polyunsaturated fats can help reduce bad cholesterol levels in your blood, which can lower your risk of heart disease and…

Another type of Phytonutrients, Allicin is an organosulfur compound in garlic, chives, leeks, onions, and scallions.

Allicin may prevent…

A type of chemical found in plants and in certain vegetables, such as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower

Indoles are contained…

Flavonoids possess a number of medicinal benefits, including anticancer, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral properties

Flavonoids Are Water-Soluble Phytonutrients

As…

Carotenoids are Fat Soluble Phytonutrients

One of the types of Phytonutrients, Carotenoids are any class of highly unsaturated yellow to…

Essential fatty acids include linoleic acid (LA), an omega-6 fatty acid, and alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an omega-3 fatty acid.

What…

Some amino acids in proteins can be disassembled and used to produce energy. Approximately 10 percent of dietary proteins are…

Proteins have roles in all aspects of wound healing. Wound healing comprises three phases: 1) inflammatory phase, 2) proliferative phase,…

Hemoglobin and albumin in the blood also play a role in substance transport. Albumin chemically binds to fatty acids, hormones,…

Proteins keep the acid-base balance and fluid balance in the body. Fluid balance refers to maintaining the balanced distribution of…

The skin's dense network of collagen fibers provides skin with structure and support and serves as a barricade against harmful…

Hormones are substances produced by the endocrine glands. Proteins are responsible for hormone synthesis. Many hormones are made from protein.

Enzymes are, in nature, proteins that perform some specific biochemical reactions. The enzyme's job is to provide a site for…

Protein comprises approximately 20% of the human body composition and is present in every cell. Protein is a Greek word…

The body can produce many amino acids to make peptides and proteins. However, nine amino acids are essential; they must…

The Ultimate Guide to Protein in Foods

Proteins are macromolecules of amino acids linked together into a complex structure. Amino…

Boron is not classified as an essential human nutrient because research has not yet identified a clear biological function for…

Cobalt is an essential trace mineral, as Cobalt is the core center mineral in Vitamin B12. Cobalt is a crucial…

Fluoride | the essential trace mineral for our healthy teeth and bones.

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Fluoride is the ionic form of…

iodine, an essential trace mineral.

• Iodine is an essential trace mineral needed by our bodies.

• Iodine is naturally present in…

Molybdenum, an essential trace mineral.

What does Molybdenum do in our bodies?

Molybdenum is an essential trace mineral needed by…

Manganese is the essential trace mineral required by our bodies.

What does Manganese do in our bodies?

Manganese is an…

Chromium, as trivalent (+3) chromium, is a trace element that is naturally present in many foods and available as a…

Selenium is a trace element, nutritionally essential for humans. Selenium is a constituent of more than two dozen selenoproteins (proteins…

What does zinc do in our bodies?

Zinc is an essential mineral required by human bodies.

• Zinc plays a vital…

What does copper do in the human body?

Copper helps produce energy in all the cells of the human body.

What does Iron do in our bodies?

• Iron is a significant blood constituent essential for hemoglobin in red blood cells.

Sulfur is a major mineral required by the human body. Sulfur is present in protein structures in the body. Sulfur…

Magnesium is an abundant mineral in the body. Magnesium is a mineral cofactor in more than 300 enzyme systems regulating…

Phosphorus is an essential mineral. Phosphorus is a component of bones, teeth, DNA, and RNA. Phosphorus is also a structural…

Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body.

The baby's body contains about 26 to 30 grams of calcium…

Potassium is the essential major mineral needed by human bodies.

Potassium is an essential nutrient and the most abundant…

The major mineral required by the human body.

Chloride is one of the seven major minerals needed by human bodies.…

Sodium:Sodium is a major mineral needed by the human body. 

Sodium is one of the minerals needed by our bodies.

Fat-soluble vitamins:

• vitamin A

• vitamin D

• vitamin E

• vitamin K

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Fat-soluble vitamins

There are four fat-soluble vitamins; they are…

Water-soluble vitamins are eight B vitamins, choline, and vitamin C:

• vitamin B1 (thiamine)

• vitamin B2 (riboflavin)

• vitamin B3 ( niacin)

Vitamin Bs are essential nutrients for our health and energy.

There are eight B vitamins:

thiamine (vitamin B1),

riboflavin (vitamin…

Choline | B-Complex Vitamin | for Fat Metabolism & Memory Storage | B vitamin Series

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What does choline do…

Vitamin B12 is a water-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in some foods. Vitamin B12 contains the mineral cobalt; compounds…

Folate is an essential vitamin for heart health and making body cells and red blood cells

Folates are a family…

What does biotin do in our bodies?

• Biotin is a water-soluble B vitamin that aids body growth.

• Biotin is an…

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin. Vitamin B6 is one of the B vitamins and is an essential nutrient. Vitamin…

Pantothenic acid is also known as vitamin B5. It is an essential nutrient that is naturally present in some foods.…

Niacin (Vitamin B3) | For our bodies’ Energy and Metabolism & Anti-oxidation Defense

Niacin is also known as Vitamin B3.…

What is riboflavin?

Riboflavin is also known as vitamin B2, a water-soluble vitamin.

What does riboflavin do in our bodies?

What is vitamin B1?

Vitamin B1 is also known as thiamin.

Vitamin B1 helps turn the food we eat into…

What is vitamin C?

• Vitamin C is also known as L-ascorbic acid.

• Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin.

• Vitamin C…

Vitamin K is a nutrient that the body needs to stay healthy.

​Vitamin K is a fat-soluble vitamin that is…

Vitamin E is an important antioxidant.

• ​Vitamin E is an essential and efficient antioxidant to capture and quench free radicals…

Vitamin D | What is vitamin D? | What does vitamin D do in your body?

​Vitamin D is a…

Vitamin A | The essential fat-soluble vitamin

Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin that is naturally present in many foods.…

Phytonutrients & Antioxidants

Phytonutrients are nutrients in plants that may provide some health benefits. Phytonutrients is a broader term that…

The Body’s Balanced Defense, The Two Sides Of Free Radicals

Free radicals have positive effects required by the body’s immune…

Free radicals, the oxidants in the human bodies

Free radicals are produced in our bodies when the foods we eat…

Carbohydrates and Energy

Carbohydrates are critical to support life’s most basic function—energy production. Without energy, none of the life processes…

Dietary Fibres

Humans do not produce the enzymes that break down dietary fiber; however, large intestine (colon) bacteria can break…

From the Mouth to the Stomach

The digestion of carbohydrates starts from eating the foods as the chemical and mechanical…

Empty Calories

Saturated fats and added sugars enhance the flavors and tastes of foods when cooking the foods and make…

Glycemic Index: A Helpful for Diabetics

The glycaemic index (GI) tells us whether a carbohydrate-containing food raises blood glucose levels…

Sugar Substitutes to Lessen Empty Calories in the Diet

Sugar substitutes are artificial sweeteners or natural sweeteners extracted from plants.…

Starch

Starchy foods are the body's primary source of energy.

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Starchy foods are essential to a balanced diet, providing…

The Polysaccharides: Starch and Fiber

Starches and fibers are also called complex carbohydrates because they are made of long chains…

Lactose:

Lactose, a disaccharide, is the natural sugar in milk.

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Although milk is not a food you think of…

Sucrose: The Table Sugar

The sugar, also called icing sugar, table sugar, granulated sugar | sucrose is a disaccharide.

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Fructose: The Fruit Sugar

Fructose, the sweetest natural sugar, is found in fruits and honey. Fructose is a monosaccharide. Fructose…

Glucose

Glucose is the most abundant simple sugar found in nature. Glucose is found in honey, other sweeteners, fruits, and…

Disaccharides

Our daily diet has three main types of disaccharides: sucrose, lactose, and maltose. 

Sucrose is a disaccharide, the sugar…

Monosaccharides

In addition to glucose, there are two other monosaccharides, galactose and fructose, most often in the human diet. 

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Sugars

Sugars are carbohydrates. The natural sugar in fruits is glucose and fructose, and the natural sugar in milk is…

The primary energy source for the human body

Carbohydrates are a large class of nutrients, including sugars, starches, and fibers,…

The digestion of food

To become part of the body, food must be digested and absorbed.

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Digestion is the…

Water | the Macronutrient

Water is essential to life. Water is vital in all bodily processes, making up just over…

Micronutrients: Vitamins and Minerals.

Micronutrients are vitamins and minerals. Micro means small. The body needs vitamins and minerals in small…

Carbohydrates | the Macronutrient

Carbohydrates are a large class of nutrients, including sugars, starch, and fibres. Carbohydrates function as the…

What are Macronutrients?

Macronutrients are water, carbohydrates, protein, and fats. Macro means large. The body needs large amounts of water,…

What are nutrients?

Nutrients are the nourishing substances in food that provide water, energy, or calories, promote the growth and…

What are nutrition, nutrients, and diet?

Diet and nutrition are fundamental in maintaining our health.

What is nutrition?

Nutrition is…