If you want to understand causes of a hangover, it helps to understand the composition of alcohol and its consecutive effects on the physiological processes in the human body. Causes of a hangover will give you an insight to drink alcohol moderately and responsibly as it can cause serious consequences when consumed in excess quantities. Alcohol [...]
Nutritive value of Indian foods – Due to marked geographic variations in India, It is important to consider local food preferences, availability and affordability, while offering nutritional counseling. Nutritive value of Indian foods are discussed here. All protein and caloric values in the following discussion are given as in 100 gm or ml of foodstuff, [...]
Continue reading …According to medical information, it has been revealed that there are a variety of high plants that have been identified with febrifuge properties. Traditionally a wide variety of plants from the ethno botanical systems have been used for their febrifuge properties. These plants that re having naturally occurring antipyretic attributes have been referred to as [...]
Continue reading …Beta alanine is a beta amino acid that is present originally. These are amino acids where the amino group is placed at the beta position from carboxylate group. Beta amino acid which is beta alanine pka values side chains play a big part in defining pH dependent features of protein. The pH dependence of action [...]
Continue reading …According to lab tests, it has been established that aflatoxin in milk can lead to liver damage and cancer. The presence of aflatoxin in milk, is referred to as mycotoxin and when this is present in milk it can lead to various serious complications. These complications include liver damage, considerable reduction in milk production and [...]
Continue reading …The digestion process in a body begins a little before food particles goes in the body. Even before the intake of food, the aroma or sight of food causes salivation. The digestion process starts when the food goes in the mouth and the teeth start breaking the food component in small pieces. These pieces get mixed [...]
Continue reading …More of us are drinking than ever before, with two thirds of adult women and about 80 percent of teenage girls now using alcohol regularly. Whereas society once frowned upon and even punished women for drinking, alcohol is now available to us –at times even pushed on us in a dizzying range of social and [...]
Continue reading …Would you like to see whether you can feel healthier and more energetic and hence kick start diet? First of all assess why you like foods that you do and what factors influence your food choice. Do you use lots of sweet, salty and fatty foods s rewards? Do you eat when you are not [...]
Continue reading …Spice up your summer with some spices. Yes you heard it right, because many spices contain strong antioxidants that help in minimizing the damage caused by sun exposure. Antioxidants help in preventing skin cancer by reducing inflammation, decreasing free radicals and preventing thymine dimmers. Spices are all rich in antioxidants. It is found that ginger [...]
Continue reading …There is no doubt that the unhealthy American diet is causing the widespread of the obesity problem among the youth and the children. But there is another hidden epidemic to which out fatty diets contribute is the national libido crisis. One of the major problems which both men and women are facing today is the [...]
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