Category: Nutrition

If saccharin is safe, why does it require a warning label?Saccharin has always been surrounded by controversy. As early as 1907, the public was concerned over its safety and proposed banning it. Theodore Roosevelt, a diabetic, fought the idea. He said, “My doctor gives it to me every dayAnybody who says saccharin is injurious to …

The scientific rules of genetics were not known until the nineteenth century, when Gregor Mendel determined from his study of plants that particles that can not be seen carry traits that are passed on from generation to generation. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made the makeup of the genetic code called deoxyribonucleic acid, …

AmPhronesisAccording to Aristotle and his theories, there are two basic types of intellectual virtues by which we live our lives. The two intellectual virtues that he speaks of are wisdom and phronesis. Wisdom is a virtue that we are able to gain and increase throughout our lives through experience and time. Of the two different …

Diet and Primate EvolutionVariation in the choices of food on a daily, seasonal, and yearly basis is one of the greatest differences between primate species. Primate diets have generally been divided into three main food categories-fruit, leaves and fauna (including insects, spiders, and bird’s eggs for the most part). The different diets also are referred …

MU5.2 Understand children and young persons development 1.1 children develop in a sequence which is called developmental milestone ,the children development may have some delay or advanced development ,were some children are skipping steps in their developmental milestone . Developmental milestones are divided into five different aspects : social ,emotional, behavioural, intellectual and cognitive ,communication …

CancerCancerI. IntroductionA. HistoryB. What Is CancerC. Types Of CancerII. How Cancer is DiagnosedIII. Seven warning SignsIV. Possible Causes Of CancerA. EnvironmentB. VirusesC. HaereditatisD. The SunE. The AirV. TreatmentsA. SurgeryB. RadiationC. ChemotherapyVI. PreventionA. PrimaryB. SecondaryCancerHistoryCancer is the second cause of death in the United States Heartdisease is the first. Each year more than a million Americans …

Malnutrition Malnutrition is one of the leading causes of mortality, affecting millions of lives each year. Every country in the world is affected by the disease and it is a serious concern for public health, especially in developing countries where food is scarce. According to the World Health Organization, “Approximately 1.9 billion adults are overweight …

the discovery of the factors that influence how the child’s personality is formed and which differentiates it from other children is still the current goal of many researchers, and the debates around them have not ceased yet. Personality is a complex set of qualities, opinions, thoughts, attitudes and ideas that the child forms and who …

Introduction Carbohydrates are essential in foods as an energy source (starch is the main source of human calories), a flavouring (simple sugars are usually sweet) and as a functional ingredient (sucrose allows ice cream to be soft in the freezer; xanthan gum thickens a low-fat salad dressing). Carbohydrates are a type of macronutrient found in …