much protein and calcium content‚ a vegan diet is efficient in providing other essential nutrients for bone health such as vitamin K‚ vitamin D‚ potassium‚ and magnesium. Because vegans also tend to consume more soy in products like tofu‚ “Soy isoflavones are suggested to have a beneficial effect on bone health in postmenopausal women”
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health [1]. This compounds are non-essential compounds which means that they are not required by the human body for sustaining life. There are more than thousand known phytochemicals. Some of the well-known phytochemicals are lycopene in tomatoes‚ isoflavones in soy and flavanoids in fruits [2]. To identify this phytochemicals‚ screening must be done. This process includes different methods which are test for pH‚ tannins and phenolic compounds‚ glycosides‚ reducing substances‚ alkaloids‚ plant acids
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Rationale The Philippines until now is still primarily an agricultural country despite the previous plan to make it an industrialized economy by the year 2000. Philippine agriculture has been known to have four major production sectors namely coconut‚ rice‚ corn‚ and sugar production. Of these sectors‚ the coconut industry proves to be very important in the country since one third of the population depend on coconut production for livelihood. The country is the
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The White Hat: The facts 1. Genetically modified foods or GM foods is to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption/ intake. GM foods are foods produced from organisms inserted into their DNA altering‚ and allowing genetic changes to be made‚ affecting their natural balance to give the desired affect –enhancing desired traits an e.g. being to increase the resistance to herbicides or to increase or improve nutritional content-. With the use of modern technology it is also possible
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Nitric Oxide Filiberto Moncada Nitric Oxide Herbs That Increase Nitric Oxide Jul 4‚ 2011 | By Janet Contursi [pic] Janet Contursi has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Minnesota and has been a freelance writer for over 23 years. Her articles have appeared in professional journals‚ magazines‚ newspapers and on the web. Contursi has a Master Herbalist diploma from the American College of Healthcare and Sciences. Her interests are the environment‚ herbal medicine and
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SYNOPSIS: *INTRODUCTION *FOOD SOURCES *ORAC IN FOODS *VITAMINS *CAROTENOID TERPENOIDS *FLAVONOIDS *PHENOLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ESTER *OTHER NONFLAVONOID PHENOLICS *POTENTIAL ORGANIC ANTIOXIDANT *ANTIOXIDANT IN FRUITS *CONCLUSION ANTI-OXIDANT INTRODUCTION: *An antioxidant is a molecule that inhibits the oxidation of other molecules. * Oxidation is a chemical reaction that transfers electrons or hydrogen from a substance to an oxidizing agent. Oxidation reactions can produce
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Abstract: The use of functional foods and nutraceuticals promotes the quality and length of life in patients suffering with cancer. Examples of nutraceuticals of interest includes antioxidant vitamins like vitamin-C & E‚ carotenoids improves the efficacy of cancer therapy by improving immune functions‚ increasing tumour response to radiation or chemotherapy‚ decreasing toxicity to normal cells. Healthy diet is very important in today’s lifestyle because good food can protect health‚ strengthen immune
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Cancer: Silent Killer By: Wynne Michael David S. Gogo Submitted to: Ms. Katrina Q. Sundo Abstract Cancer nowadays is very widespread. But what is cancer? Cancer‚ known medically as a malignant neoplasm‚ is a large group of different diseases‚ all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer‚ cells divide and grow uncontrollably‚ forming malignant tumors‚ and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to
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HUMAN NUTRITION II - FOOD MANAGEMENT – NUMBER 4 LESSON1 ASSIGNMENT 1. Cooking is the application of one of two types of heat. Name them and then classify all the methods of cooking (baking‚ blanching etc) listed in your course according to which type of heat they use. Cooking is the application of one of two types of heats which are using moist or dry methods of cooking. Baking: Baking is a commonly used cooking technique that applies dry heat to a food‚ along with an air flow. It
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Are There Any Health Benefits of Going Vegetarian? Why does one become a vegetarian? Is it because of the health benefits‚ animal rights‚ or maybe something else? Although animal activists‚ religious reasons‚ and money reasons are a large reason why people choose to become a vegetarian‚ health factors are also a large reason why people chose this lifestyle. Today‚ six to eight million adults in the United States do not eat meat‚ fish‚ or poultry‚ according to a Harris Interactive poll commissioned
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