The Normal Diet and Healthful Living

Living with the Normal

The Science of Sugars, Part 2 Sugars and a Healthful Diet

Sugars have a long history of safe use in foods. Placed on the Food and Drug Administration’s list of foods that are ‘‘generally recognized as safe’’ in 1958, sugars and the health aspects of sugar consumption continue to be evaluated. Recent research has focused on several potential sugars and health relationships, sugar consumption and nutritional quality of the diet, recommendations for suga...

study the effects of low level laser diode on no production and healing of diabetic and cortisone acetate and normal wounded sd rats

nitric oxide (no) is a small molecule synthesized by most of mammalian cells with diverse biological activities including vasodilatation, host defense and wound healing. impaired wound healing is a common occurrence among diabetics and patients receiving glucocorticoid therapy. on the other hand the application of laser in biomedical area have been increased. thus, the current studies were desi...

Microbes and healthful longevity

popularity of hand sanitizer and antibiotics shows how we feel about bacteria: an enemy that's bad for our health. Emerging data, however, suggest just the opposite-that exposures to certain kinds of bacteria are beneficial for a long and healthy life, at least in part by inhibiting a wasting syndrome termed cachexia [1]. Cachexia, a condition defined as muscle wasting associated with chronic d...

Observations on the Normal Diet

What is the normal diet ? How much solid food is required daily by a healthy adult, and what should be the relative proportions of the organic constituents ? The tables compiled by physiologists on these important points contain striking discrepancies which can be easily accounted for; some of the statistics being taken from barracks, workhouses, and other institutions where great economy has t...