Category: Nutrition

Vitamin E is a soluble fat nutrient and acts as an antioxidant. Which means it protects the body from damage resulting from free radicals. Free radicals cause harm to tissues, tissues and organs. It prevents clogging of blood vessels. Vitamin E is important because it boosts your immune system, fight bacteria and viruses. Causes and…

The object that I have chosen for this essay is tea, as this object is one of the most important agricultural products in Africa. While coffee might seem to be the go-to hot beverage, the world actually runs on tea. Tea is the most popular drink in the world after water, and in the United…

Nutritional intervention is put into place to correct an issue at hand. The major concerns that are presented could be low birth weight children, school performance or etc. When nutritional intervention comes into place it provides support to overcome the obstacles at hand to make the situation better. Within this intervention, the ones involved and…

Introduction: Examining the Rise in Bottled Water Consumption Water is the most important and vital issue in our everyday life, it has a significant effect on our well-being , hence most governments have tried to provide clean and safe drinking water to its inhabitants. However, a rising global consumption of plastic bottled water has been…

A lot is changing in our world today and a vast majority of this change occurs in Nutrition. Nutrition is a constantly evolving area of research and I must evolve with it. I was very certain that after my undergraduate degree, I would broaden my horizon and have a feel of a new experience in…

There’s a reason nutritionists recommend drinking at least 8 glasses of water per day while limiting soda  or better yet, avoiding it altogether. Water is calorie-free, hydrating and the benefits are many. Soda is loaded with sugar and calories but does nothing for your health. While the sweetness of the carbonated beverage may be…

Introduction Obesity was defined as excessive or abnormal fat accumulation that may impair health. A crude population measure of obesity is the body mass index, a persons weight (in kilograms) divided by the sq. of his or her height (in meters). A person having a BMI of 30 or more is considered obese. A person…