CALCIUM in the DIET

Calcium is the most plentiful mineral found in the human body.  About 99 percent of the calcium is stored in the teeth and bones where it supports their structure and function.  Bone undergoes continuous change, with constant resorption and depositing of calcium into new bone.  The remaining 1 % is found in nerve cells, body [...]

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If you are a diabetic, what you eat fpr holiday dinners depends on your philosophy for treatment.  Many persons decide that it is a holiday and for one day – eat whatever one likes.   And for many, that is fine;  some may need to increase their medication.  However some folks need to be careful even [...]

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VITAMIN  E Vitamin E is the collective name for a group of fat-soluble compounds with distinctive antioxidant activities.  Naturally occurring, vitamin E exists in eight forms -(alpha-, beta-, gamma- and delta-tocopherol and alpha-, beta-, gamma-,and delta-tocotrienol. The varying forms have varying levels of biological activity. Gamma-tocopherol is the most common form in the American diet, [...]

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Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin available in a few foods, added to others, available as a dietary supplement, and also produced when ultraviolet rays from sunshine strike the skin and trigger vitamin D synthesis.  Vitamin D obtained from sun exposure, food or supplements is biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body [...]

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How does the Diabetic Diet Exchange List system work?  ( In Diabetic Diets-Part I, May 31, 2011, I referred to the Exchange List System as a meaningful and easily understood method to guide you with your diabetic diet.)  I will try to explain the program in a simple manner.  Foods are grouped into lists.  The foods in each [...]

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My husband was recently diagnosed with Type II Diabetes.  After hearing the news he was genuinely frightened. He was afraid for his health. The doctor had succeeded in convincing him of the seriousness of the condition. He came home frightened and determined to get rid of the diabetes. However he didn’t have many facts as [...]

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Vitamin C or L-ascorbic acid or L-ascorbate is a water-soluble vitamin that is necessary for normal growth and development.  Water-soluble vitamins dissolve in water.  Excess amounts leave the body through the urine. They are not stored in the body or made by the body, and thus one needs a continuous intake of vitamin C in [...]

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Legumes are actually matured, dried-versions of the fresh vegetables.  A legume is a plant that bears seed pods that split along two opposite sides when ripe.  They include beans, peas, lentils and several other plants.  They can be referred to as the seeds from the pods, when they are mature and dried.   The three main [...]

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The B vitamins are a group of water soluble vitamins, so named because they were originally thought to be one vitamin. As information was learned they were designated as vitamin B1, B2, etc. However it was later learned that they were separate nutrients, chemically distinct. Each has a unique chemical structure and performs a unique [...]

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A Thinking about the vitamins, I have decided to review the basic facts and following is what I found. Vitamin A, retinol, is a fat soluble vitamin, necessary for good health. Vitamin A in foods is in two forms. 1.  Retinol or preformed Vitamin A or preformed retinoids is found in foods of animal sources [...]

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