Nutrition

Nutrition

Nutrients, nourishments and related science for the healthy growth and maintenance of the human body and living organisms.

Industry: Health care

Add a new term

Contributors in Nutrition

Become a Contributors

Nutrition

Dietary fiber comes from the thick cell walls of plants. It is an indigestible complex carbohydrate. Fiber is divided into two general categories: water-soluble and water-insoluble. Soluble fiber has ...

enzyme

Health care; Nutrition

Enzymes are complex proteins that assist in or enable chemical reactions to occur. "Digestive" enzymes, for example, help your body break food down into chemical compounds that can more easily be ...

essential amino acids

Health care; Nutrition

Essential Amino Acids are amino acids that your body does not have the ability to synthesize. Hundreds of different amino acids exist in nature, and about two dozen of them are important to human ...

fatty acids

Health care; Nutrition

Fatty acids are individual isomers of what we more commonly call "fats". There are potentially hundreds of different fatty acids, but just a few dozen that are commonly found in the foods we eat.

fiber

Health care; Nutrition

The parts of plants that cannot be digested, namely complex carbohydrates. Also known as bulk or roughage.

flavonoids (bioflavonoids)

Health care; Nutrition

Flavonoids are a class of water-soluble pigments that are found in many plants. A few thousand different flavonoids have so far been identified. While not labeled as essential nutrients, many of ...

glycemic index (GI)

Health care; Nutrition

The Glycemic Index is a dietary index that's used to rank carbohydrate-based foods. The Glycemic Index predicts the rate at which the ingested food will increase bloodsugar levels.