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Leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetables, also called potherbs, greens, or leafy greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety ... > more -
Dietary mineral
Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms. Appropriate intake levels of each dietary mineral must be sustained to maintain physical ... > more -
Malnutrition
Malnutrition is a general term for the medical condition caused by an improper or insufficient diet. It most often refers to undernutrition resulting from inadequate consumption, poor absorption, or ... > more -
Food groups
The food groups are part of a method of classification for the various foods that humans consume in their everyday lives, based on the nutritional properties of these types of foods and their ... > more -
Raw food diet
A raw food diet consists of uncooked and unprocessed, and often organic foods. A raw food diet consists fully of foods which have not been heated above a certain temperature. The maximum temperature ... > more -
Osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis (OA, also known as degenerative arthritis or degenerative joint disease, and sometimes referred to as "arthrosis" or "osteoarthrosis"), is a condition in which low-grade inflammation ... > more -
Human skin color
Human skin color can range from almost black to nearly colorless (appearing pinkish white due to the blood in the skin) in different people. In general, people with ancestors from sunny regions have ... > more -
Delayed onset muscle soreness
Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) is the pain or discomfort often felt 24 to 72 hours after exercising and subsides generally within 2 to 3 days. Once thought to be caused by lactic acid buildup, ... > more
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