The potassium (K) is the third most abundant mineral in our body after calcium, and phosphorus. It is closely related to sodium and chlorine and is involved in most of the vital functions of our body.
This mineral plays an important role in fluid physical systems of human beings and is also involved in the reaction […]
To kept in good physical condition is essential to have a balanced diet. A healthy nutrition demand a proper diet of nutrients, fats and rich in proteins, carbohydrates, as well as all essential nutrients including natural vitamins and minerals.
These nutrients can find them in most foods, but how do you know the perfect combination for […]
Vitamin B12 discovered in 1948, also known as cobalamin, because its chemical structure contains cobalt. It is found in various forms, the most active being the hidroxicobalamina and cyanocobalamin.
Vitamin B12 has a special feature and that is that despite being water soluble (ie that dissolves in water and the body can not store), the body […]
Supplements of calcium, alone or in combination with other vitamin D, reduced by 12 percent the risk of bone fractures in people older than 50 years, according to an article published this week by the medical journal “The Lancet”.
Dr. Benjamin Tang and a group of colleagues from the University of Western Sydney in Australia, based […]
Base units or elementary forming proteins are called amino acids. Put another way, the amino acids are the raw material of the proteins in each sequence, or order of these organic compounds is different.
Amino acids are used by our body growth and the decay of food, so that the lack of these in the diet, […]
Foods with phytonutrients
In Japan, where they usually consumed tofu (soy cheese outbreak), the blood of the Japanese contains 50 times more estrogen than the Europeans. This estrogen blocking the action of estrogen humans. This would explain the difference between the incidence of cases of breast cancer and prostate cancer in the East and West. In […]
Hundreds of studies have shown that a diet rich in vegetables is essential to prevent and fight many diseases. The problem is that the nutrients that are beneficial often have bad taste. Therefore often reduces the consumption of certain vegetables.
The plant foods contain many vitamins and minerals, and contribute to increasing the input fiber. Just […]
Vitamin D can help slow the aging and protect certain age-related diseases, according to a British study.
A team of scientists from King “s College London, which studied 2,160 women between 18 and 79 years, found that those with lower levels of vitamin D showed more signs of biological aging.
This indicates a study on a population of 77,000 regular users of vitamin complex to be published in its edition of March, the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, the American Thoracic Society.
“Our study on vitamin supplements, vitamin C, vitamin E and folic acid showed no evidence of a reduction in the risk […]
Supplements of vitamin C, which until some time ago were the main weapon against colds, in fact have little effect, according to an analysis of 30 studies published today by the journal “The Cochrane Library.”
Unless a person is a broker marathons, it is unlikely that additional doses of this vitamin will help combat the common […]
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