A Wisdom Archive on nutrients

Prana:  It is vital energy (life-energy) which activates the body and mind. Prana is responsible for the higher cerebral functions, the motor and sensory activities. The prana located in the head is the vital prana, while prana which is present in the cosmic air is nutrient prana. There is a constant exchange of energy between vital prana and nutrient prana through respiration. During inspiration, the nutrient prana enters the system and nourishes the vital prana. During expiration, subtle waste products are expelled.

 
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Antioxidant:
a substance capable of protecting other substances from oxidation; some are made by the body to inhibit the destructive actions of chemicals called free radicals; some, such as vitamins C and E, are nutrients.

 
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Enzyme Therapy: By using natural plant and pancreative enzymes as supplements, practitioners seek to improve digestion and correct potential problems created by the malabsorption of essential nutrients.

 
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Orthomolecular Therapy: Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling coined this term to describe the therapeutic use of naturally occurring substances, especially nutrients and vitamins, as supplements to maintain health or combat disease.

 
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In today's world information about food can be very confusing. Millions of dollars are spent by food companies on advertising designed to persuade people, especially children, into wanting cheaply made foods that may taste good, but are not healthy for their bodies. More then ever before children suffer from being overweight and from having allergies, asthma, ear infections, diabetes, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and sadly, from cancer.
 

 
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The intestine is the portion of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anus and, in humans and mammals, consists of two segments, the small intestine and the large intestine. In humans, the small intestine is further subivided into the duodenum, jejunum and ileum while the large intestine is subdivided into the cecum, colon and rectum. The intestine is the part of the body responsible for extracting nutrition from food. While the stomach's role mainly consists in "breaking" food molecules into nutrients, the intestine allows these nutrient ... Including:

• Intestine - Diseases of the intestine

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Nutraceutical is a combination of "nutritional" and "pharmaceutical" and refers to foods thought to have a beneficial effect on human health. Dr. Stephen DeFelice coined the term in 1989. The term nutraceutical is being commonly used in marketing but has no regulatory definition. Nutraceuticals are often used in nutrient premixes or nutrient systems in the food and pharmaceutical industries. N ...

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A miller is a person who operates a mill for grinding material and usually refers to one who grinds a cereal crop to make flour. A miller is among the oldest of human occupations and has appeared all over the world. They were important to the development of agriculture but predated it, and were in existence since hunter-gathering times. The materials ground by millers are often foodstuffs and particularly grain. This allows for the easier digestion of the nutrients within the food and saves wear on the teeth. Any other substance needed in a fine, powdered form such as bui ...

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Manure is organic matter used as fertilizer in agriculture. Manures contribute to the fertility of the soil by adding organic matter and nutrients, such as nitrogen that is trapped by bacteria in the soil. Higher organisms then feed on the fungi and bacteria in a chain of life that comprises the soil food web. Manure - Etymology. The word manure came from Middle English "manuren" meaning "to cultivate land," and initially from French "main-oeuvre" = "hand work" alluding to the work which involved man ... Including:

• Manure - Etymology
• Manure - Types
• Manure - Uses of manure
• Manure - Precautions

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Assimilation (from Latin assimilatio; "to render similar") may refer to more than one article: Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound Assimilation (biology), the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the cus ...

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