Nutrients

Natural Food Supplements

Natural food supplements, just like vitamins and minerals, would be unnecessary if our foods contained all the ingredients they did … More

NAC (N-Acetyl-L-Cysteine)

Sources N-acetyl-cysteine is a specially modified form of cysteine, the high-sulfur non-essential amino acid reviewed above. Uses Anti-angina pains for … More

Minerals Introduction

Major, minor and trace Minerals are inorganic substances obtained from nutrition, found in relatively small amounts in the body, performing … More

Methionine

Sources Methionine is an essential amino acid to be obtained from the diet. As for other essential amino acids, chief … More

Magnesium

Sources Half the body’s magnesium is in the bones and the other half in the organs, blood and nerves. It … More

Lysine

Sources Lycine like arginine is an essential amino acid and must be obtained from food. Animal proteins such as red … More

Lipase

Function Lipase enzymes are secreted by the pancreas, glands in the small intestine, and others in the stomach. Their function … More

Linoleic acid

Function Linoleic acid (LA) is one of two essential fatty acids, a polyunsaturatrd fat of the omega-6 group. The other … More

Lecithin

Function Lecithin is an extremely important ingredient of body cell membranes, which regulate the entry and exit of nutrients and … More

Lactase

Functions Lactase is an enzyme that breaks down lactose, the sugar of milk, into the simpler sugars glucose and galactose. … More