Nutrition

Ubiquinol and Male Fertility

Essential micronutrient Choline is an essential micronutrient. 'Essential' meaning that the body can't make it in adequate amounts for...

What is Choline? Choline is a micronutrient (often classed within the B vitamin family) that is produced by the liver. The amounts...

In foods, choline is found as both water-soluble and lipid-soluble forms, with the different forms influencing how absorption and...

Plastic pollution should be addressed when world leaders discuss how to prevent climate change according to a new study. An...

Two papers published in August 2019, one by Korsmo et al, and the other by Wallace et al, both highlight the importance of adequate...

Malnutrition and the Immune System Malnutrition is a serious condition that happens when your diet does not contain the right amount of...

What is Stress? Stress is the nonspecific response of the body to any threat or difficulty that demands change. These responses are...

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study is the most comprehensive worldwide observational epidemiological study to date. It describes...

Mental disorders comprise a broad range of problems, with varying symptoms. Depression is one such mental illness that is recognised...

The current definitions of protein quality are defined by biochemistry and metabolic matrices and are now deemed to be obsolete,...

Protein is an important component of a healthy diet and it is well established that daily protein intakes are important for sustaining...

Of late there appears to be an inherent shift in peoples eating patterns – with sources of protein seemingly being at the forefront. The...

In the study of nutrition there is a need to validate and assess food intake and its effects on the body. Food intake is largely measured...

Nutrition is important for improved health and wellbeing and reducing the risk of diet-related health conditions including chronic...

Eating practices established in childhood contribute to lifelong nutritional habits. Children develop the motor skills required to feed...

Micronutrients as Ratios All diets require large amounts of macronutrients: proteins, carbohydrates and fats; in addition to small...

Chrono-Nutrition Chrono-nutrition is a relatively new field of research in nutritional epidemiology. It encompasses three fields of...

What is Antibiotic Resistance? Antibiotic resistance is when bacteria develops the ability to resist the effects of antibiotics that...

There is only limited nationally representative data in the United States (US) available on dietary supplement use and the subsequent...