Vegetarian Diet Articles

• Alternative Medicine
  Staying Healthy
  Pharmacology
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Obesity
  Addiction
   

  Detox

  Detox, short for detoxification, in general is the removal of toxic substances from the body. It is one of the functions of the liver and kidneys, but can also be achieved artificially by techniques ... > more
• Food
  Agriculture and Food
  Sports Medicine
  Seeds
  Healthy Aging
  Attention Deficit Disorder
   
  

  Bean

  Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or ... > more
• Sports Medicine
  Healthy Aging
  Nutrition
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Alternative Medicine
  Pregnancy and Childbirth
   
  

  Onion

  Onion in the general sense can be used for any plant in the Genus Allium but used without qualifiers usually means Allium cepa L., also called the garden onion. Why do onions make you ... > more
• Cholesterol
  Heart Disease
  Triglycerides
  Stroke Prevention
  Diet and Weight Loss
  Diseases and Conditions
   

  High density lipoprotein

  High-density lipoproteins (HDL) form a class of lipoproteins, varying somewhat in their size (8-11 nm in diameter) and contents, that carry cholesterol from the body's tissues to the liver. Because ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Nutrition
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Alternative Medicine
  Food
  Staying Healthy
   

  Chinese food therapy

  Chinese food therapy is a practice of healing using natural foods instead of medications. Chinese food therapy is a modality of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as Chinese Nutrition therapy. ... > more
• Vitamin C
  Vitamin
  Vitamin D
  Vitamin B
  Dietary Supplement
  Nutrition
   
  

  Vitamin C

  Vitamin C is a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, used by the human body for many purposes. It is one of a number of such key nutrients called ... > more
• Healthy Aging
  Sports Medicine
  Food Additives
  Attention Deficit Disorder
  Skin Care
  Dietary Supplement
   
  

  Soap

  Soap is a surfactant cleaning compound used for personal or minor cleaning. Soaps are useful for cleansing because soap molecules attach readily to both nonpolar molecules (such as grease or oil) and ... > more
• Triglycerides
  Cholesterol
  Healthy Aging
  Cell Biology
  Dietary Supplement
  Molecular Biology
   
  

  Lipid

  Lipids are a class of hydrocarbon-containing organic compounds. Lipids are categorized by the fact that they are soluble in nonpolar solvents (such as ether and chloroform) and are relatively ... > more
• Kidney Disease
  Urology
  Osteoporosis
  Women's Health
  Nutrition
  Healthy Aging
   
  

  Kidney stone

  Kidney stones, also known as nephrolithiases, urolithiases or renal calculi, are solid accretions (crystals) of dissolved minerals in urine found inside the kidneys or ... > more
• Hypertension
  Diabetes
  Healthy Aging
  Dietary Supplement
  Bone and Spine
  Nutrition
   
  

  Collagen

  Collagen is the main protein of connective tissue in animals and the most abundant protein in mammals. It is one of the long, fibrous structural proteins whose functions are quite different from ... > more

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