Legume

Quite a lot has been said for and against the increased use of proteins in diets to help people lose weight. However, a good understanding of the role proteins play in maintaining a healthy body and also the impact they have on weight loss will help in properly evaluating the arguments from both sides. Proteins, a large number of organic compounds, are made up of carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen. They play very important roles in the cellular maintenance, growth, and functioning of the human body.…

Eating meat is an unsustainable habit that is not only unnecessary but also shows how we treat animals inhumanely. It is a practice that dates back to prehistoric times. We now systematically raise animals for slaughter. This leads to animals being raised in poor environments. Animals are treated not as living creatures but as commodities for us to trade and sell. Eating meat can no longer simply be justified by saying that animal meat is a necessity in our lives or our diets. People in the…

The Current dietary trends are; Paleo diet is a diet that states it is the way Humans were genetically designed to eat. In this diet you can't eat Legumes, beans, and tofu, starchy vegetables, Dairy, high fat means (salami), sugars, processed foods and salty foods. Advantages; You eat less bad things, You eat more food things (very nutritious variety of foods), Helps balance diet (less sugar and salt) helps with illnesses (diabetes and blood pressure) and Decreases your exposure to additives.…

insects. However, they mainly forage for insects, but in times when insects as scare, they turn to fruits. Examples of insects include orthopterans (grasshoppers, crickets) and lepidopterans (moths, butterflies), while fruits include leguminosae (legumes) and sapotaceae (Lima and Ferrari, 2003). Other resources include nectar, bats, birds, and small vertebrates (Pinheiro et al., 2013). Studies about this species’ diet are abundant to my knowledge. Research about the Saimiri genus is more…

. In simple terms, social stratification is the classification system that a society creates in order to categorize the people living in it. Throughout history there have been different variations of this classification. Oftentimes, the differences that the stratification is defined by reflects the culture of the society it is in. For example, in a large, modern-day city the class lines are usually defined by money. The more money a person has, the higher up they are on the social ladder. As it…

magnesium. Potassium is a part of the nerve and muscle functions. Some ways to get potassium in your diet is through eating bananas, tomatoes, and citrus fruit. Copper is a part of many enzymes and also the metabolism of iron. Copper is found in legumes, nuts, whole grains, and water. Iron helps red blood cells do their everyday jobs. Iron-rich foods are red meat, egg yolks, dried fruits, and leafy greens. Every once in awhile I don’t eat enough phosphorus-rich, selenium-rich, or zinc-rich foods…

LOOKING AFTER YOUR HEART Unfortunately, coronary heart disease (CHD) is the biggest killer in the UK, with around 73,000 deaths per year according to nhs.uk. CHD basically refers to the narrowing or blocking of your arteries which supply the blood to the heart and is caused by a gradual build-up of fatty deposits inside your arteries. Certain people will be more at risk of developing the disease than others: • If you have a family history of heart disease – for example, if a parent or a…

I have been employed by Shaun McDermott, the manager of my local football club Tummery Athletic FC, as a sports therapist. I have been asked to talk to his players about the 3 different energy systems in the body in order to develop his athlete’s knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology. I am hoping the talk will give them guidance and enable them to make adjustments to their current regime so that they are able to maximise performance as well as helping them to understand how their…

They say some food can make you live longer there are five cultures around the world with the highest proportion of centenarians globally. In communities of the Blue Zones -- places in Europe, South America, Asia and the United States where people live long and are largely free of chronic disease these hotspots of health and vitality are located in Ikaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; Ogliastra, Sardinia; Loma Linda, California; and the Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica. Okinawa japan diet is a lot of…

Peanut, (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an herbaceous annual plant of the family Fabaceae grown for its oil and edible nuts. Peanut plants are small, usually erect, thin stemmed with feather-like leaves. The leaves are arranged in alternate pairs with leaf-like attachments near the stalk. The peanut plant produces yellow, orange, cream or white flowers which produce 'pegs', characteristic floral structures which sink into the ground to grow the pod. The pods could be reaching up to 10 cm (4 in) in…