Advances in technology may someday into the future determine your daily nutritional needs with a simple test at home, where for example a pinprick of blood could indicate nutritional deficiencies. An app on your cellphone would then, for instance, tell you to
The way the human body functions can be compared to a large chemical factory, where many individual biochemical processes are interlinked to function as a complete organism. These amazing biochemical processes are designed to create life, to grow, to heal, to repair,
Increasing global consciousness about the dangers of too much sugar in the diet has resulted in manufacturers of processed foods trying to hide the sugar content. A myriad of names that could hardly be associated with sugar, or are innocent sounding, are
Many of us have either experienced or know of someone who has experienced the notoriously painful strike in the bunion joint of the big toe by gout, usually at night. Gout results from excess uric acid, which forms sharp, needle-like mineral crystals
People 70 years of age and older is the segment of the population that has the highest risk for developing cancer. While there is no wonder cure for cancer, the findings of a recent study bring hope for this age group. By
Invisible to the eye, sugar is a disaccharide consisting of two molecules in equal amounts, namely glucose, and fructose. They get separated early in the digestive process and both get absorbed into the bloodstream but are processed quite differently. While glucose is
Too much sugar in the diet has been referred to as “white death” and on closer inspection it boils down to the two ingredients in sugar. A single molecule of sugar consists of equal amounts of glucose and fructose, which gets separated
The smell of freshly baked bread lingering in the kitchen adds to the delight from the first bite. The delight does not only come from our tastebuds, but mainly from a pleasure and reward function in the brain, which helps us to
In search of a magic bullet that would slow down the signs and effects of aging, collagen supplementation has in recent years been being promoted in a variety of products, from skin filler to muscle-building fiber to easing arthritis symptoms. Endorsements from
The traditional view has been, and to a large extent still is, that cancer is a genetic disease, with its origin and treatment based on damaged “hardware”, implying the genetic material inside the human cell. However, research over the past decade has
