Nutrition Articles

• Vitamin C
  Vitamin
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Nutrition
  Sports Medicine
   

  Scurvy

  Scurvy is a deficiency disease that results from lack of vitamin C, which is required for correct collagen synthesis in humans. The scientific name of vitamin C, ascorbic acid, is derived from the ... > more
• Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Fitness
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Weight Watchers

  Weight Watchers NYSE: WTW, founded in the 1960s by E.J. Faasen, is a company offering various dieting products and services to assist weight loss and maintenance. It started as a discussion group for ... > more
• Vitamin
  Vitamin E
  Vitamin D
  Dietary Supplement
  Vitamin B
  Vitamin A
   
  

  Tocopherol

  Tocopherol, or Vitamin E, is a fat-soluble vitamin in eight forms that is an important antioxidant. Vitamin E is often used in skin creams and lotions because it is believed to play a role in ... > more
• Breastfeeding
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Triglycerides
   
  

  Dairy product

  Dairy products are generally defined as foodstuffs produced from milk. A production plant for such processing is called a dairy. Raw milk for processing generally comes from cows, but occasionally ... > more
• Nutrition
  Botany
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Food
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Spinach

  Spinach is a flowering plant native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant (rarely biennial), which grows to a height of up to one metre. Spinach is an important leaf vegetable, now ... > more
• Vitamin A
  Nutrition
  Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Food
   
  

  Carrot

  The carrot is a root vegetable, typically orange or white in colour with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. Beta carotene, a dimer of Vitamin A, is abundant in the carrot and ... > more
• Diabetes
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Hormone Disorders
  Obesity
   

  Hyperglycemia

  Hyperglycemia or High Blood Sugar is a condition in which an excessive amount of glucose circulates in the blood plasma. Hyperglycemia is one of the classic symptoms of diabetes mellitus, others ... > more
• Alternative Medicine
  Nutrition
  Immune System
  Food
  Dietary Supplement
  Sports Medicine
   
  

  Herbal tea

  An herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is an herbal infusion not made from the leaves of the tea bush. Tisanes can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling ... > more
• Heartburn
  Gastrointestinal Problems
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  Heartburn

  Heartburn or pyrosis is a painful or burning sensation in the esophagus, just below the breastbone caused by regurgitation of gastric acid. The pain often rises in the chest and may radiate to the ... > more
• Triglycerides
  Cholesterol
  Nutrition
  Obesity
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Fitness
   
  

  Trans fat

  Trans fatty acids (commonly termed trans fats) are a type of unsaturated fat (and may be monounsaturated or polyunsaturated). Trans fats occur naturally, in small quantities, in meat and dairy ... > more

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