Essays Tagged: "Nutrient"

Nutrition and You

upplements for the body to function at optimal capacity. It is important to remember that no single nutrient or activity can maintain optimal health and well being, although it has been proven that so ... l being, although it has been proven that some nutrients are more important than others. All of the nutrients are necessary in different amounts along with exercise to maintain proper health.There are ...

(6 pages) 441 0 4.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

Fungi

is a group of single celled or multicellular organism which obtain their food by the absorption of nutrient from it's surrounding environment. Food is dissolved by the enzymes from which the fungi ex ... phae into cells. Protoplasm flows through the opening in the septa to provide the cells with needed nutrients, which are then stored in the hyphal walls as glycogen. Hyphae elongates from the bottom t ...

(2 pages) 47 0 3.7 Jan/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The vitamin b5.

shampoo it can improve the condition of hair.Other interesting factsB5 is a very widely distributed nutrient and because of this it got the name "pantothen" meaning from all sides in Greek. It is also ...

(1 pages) 51 3 4.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Analytical Argument - "Golden Rice" and genetically engineered food

ping countries. It also causes the body's immune system to deteriorate, making those lacking in the nutrient especially susceptible to infections such as malaria and measles as well as minor illnesses ... need to eat approximately 4.8kg of cooked rice every day if the rice were their only source of the nutrient. Even then the amount of vitamin A received would be questionable, as in order to absorb be ...

(4 pages) 107 0 4.6 Aug/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology

Biology essay on feedback mechanisms

constant monitoring and regulating of numerous factors including, oxygen and carbon dioxide levels, nutrient and hormone levels and inorganic and organic substances. The concentrations of these substa ...

(3 pages) 56 0 4.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Fat makes us fat

o go to a weight management program you first need to know a good understanding of fat and why this nutrient makes us fat. The amount of energy a particular food has depends on the calories or quantit ...

(2 pages) 75 1 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

We are what we eat F --An analysis of the importance of nutrients to human health

We are what we eat F--An analysis of the importance of nutrients to human health"We are what we eat", as a famous quotation, may be even more accurate than ... bstances needed in order for a person to maintain good health. These chemical substances are called nutrients. With the improvement of living conditions, people realize that setting up a nutrient diet ... trient diet becomes very important nowadays. In this case, the essay will analyze the importance of nutrients to human health in the following three aspects: the function of nutrients, the relationshi ...

(5 pages) 188 0 4.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Health & Fitness

PHOSPHORUS CYCLE

phorus cycles extremely slowly through ecosystems due to the afct that the major reserviors of this nutrient are contained largely in rock and other substrates. As a consequence, this nutrient often l ... activities are considered to impact upon the phosphorus cycle?Answer:IntroductionIn the ecosystems, nutrients continuously cycle through living-organisms and non-living environments in such a way that ...

(6 pages) 43 0 5.0 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Living In The Environment Principles, Connections, and Solutions : Miller 12th Edition Chapter 2 Outline

, leaving the cut vegetation on the ground to dry, and then burning it. The ashes that are left add nutrients to the nutrient-poor soils found in most tropical forest areas. Plots must be abandoned af ... areas, and planting crops on it for a few years (typically 2-5 years) until the soil is depleted of nutrients or the plot has been invaded by a dense growth of vegetation from the surrounding forest. ...

(4 pages) 69 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

How you, as a Catering Manager, would contribute for healthy and safe diet into establishment that you responsible for?

ers is how well a given food complements or combines with other foods to meet a person's energy and nutrient needs. The right decision and the best advice is that people should eat different kind of f ... people should eat different kind of foods to spread consumption over the day. The different kind of nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, fats, minerals and water are important for a ba ...

(5 pages) 37 0 3.7 Jan/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Nutrition

upplements for the body to function at optimal capacity. It is important to remember that no single nutrient or activity can maintain optimal health and well being, although it has been proven that so ... l being, although it has been proven that some nutrients are more important than others. All of the nutrients are necessary in different amounts along with exercise to maintain proper health. There ar ...

(6 pages) 132 0 0.0 May/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Primary and Secondary Succession

ms and abiotic (non-living) components interact together to create a functional, complex network of nutrient and energy cycling. These balanced environments take time, sometimes many years, to develop ... nclude soil, sun, and weather conditions. Working together, the biotic and abiotic components cycle nutrients within the ecosystem. This is vital action because without nutrients the ecosystem and its ...

(4 pages) 82 0 5.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Environmental Science

Agricultural Chemistry: A look into the mechanics of fertalizers, pesticides and human influence on growing crops

of chemical in agriculture. Fertilizers are added to the soil in which crops are growing to provide nutrients required by the plants. Fertilizers can be divided into two categories: organic and inorga ... nd compost. These organic fertilizers are decomposed by microorganisms in the soil to release their nutrients. These nutrients are then taken up by the plants. Inorganic or chemical fertilizers are le ...

(2 pages) 30 0 4.2 May/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

Light wavelength effect on the photosynthetic rate of elodea.

ut half an inch or so, depending on the species of elodea plants. Silty sediments and water rich in nutrients favour the growth of American waterweed in nutrient-rich lakes. I use this plant because i ...

(8 pages) 41 0 4.6 Aug/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

What does boiling do to vegetables?

min C, the most reactive reducing agent known to occur naturally in living tissues, is an essential nutrient for humans. It is water soluble and is found in many foods, especially in plants. Lack of t ...

(2 pages) 14 0 4.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Plant Biology

Australian Geography

lowest continent-geologically stable-driest inhabited continent-few large rivers and little runoff-nutrient-poor soils-fire-prone-rich in minerals-world's largest island-world's largest coral reef-wo ...

(3 pages) 23 1 4.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

MEMO

I have found a product worth recommending to the Hong Kong market.The product named Powerbar is a nutrient. Now it is very popular in the USA,but it is not available in HK.In today¡¦s b ... oday¡¦s busy world ,it¡¦s extremely important that we consume that proper nutrients to support our efforts of building a better body through healthy diet.The delicious tastin ...

(5 pages) 27 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Allegory Of The Cave

RDA) and Basal Metabolic Rate. One is found in the definitions.RDA is the average daily amount of a nutrient considered adequate to meet the known nutrient needs of practically all healthy people. Whi ... consider unhealthy people, while anybody can find their BMR unhealthy or healthy.RDA is for a given nutrient and based on enough scientific evidence. BMR depends on an individual i.e. if they want to ...

(1 pages) 1135 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Duckweed

d is not healthy. Duckweed is an important food for waterfowl and fish but can be a serious weed in nutrient rich, shallow ponds and poultry and cattle Duckweed can purify and concentrate nutrients fr ... algae prefer nitrate. Phosphorus is essential for rapid growth for duckweed and is a major limiting nutrient after nitrogen. Overall, duckweed is the most important plant in pond it helps the pond sta ...

(1 pages) 2585 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Adolescents And Nutrition

u about adolescents and their nutrition. Did you know that surveys prove that adolescents lack many nutrients! Some of them are Vitamin C, Niacin, and Vitamin A. Adolescents need to get enough nutriti ... and Vitamin A. Adolescents need to get enough nutrition so that they may grow properly and healthy. Nutrients help adolescents by providing sufficient calories needed to do physical activities. Nutrie ...

(4 pages) 42 0 0.0 Feb/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology