A group of Chinese researchers in Nanjing discovered that the food we eat contain microRNA, and many of these microRNA do not break down in our body and float around in our blood plasma. They have the potential of entering our cells and affect gene expression. The consequence of this discovery is very profound. It […]

If we look only at nutrition alone, it will lead us to the false believe that we should eat as much as we can to avoid nutritional deficiency. This is conventionally what most physicians think. When people learn about nutrition in medical school, it mostly focused on nutritional deficiency, especially protein deficiency. Nitrogen balance is […]

Micronutrients include vitamins, macro minerals, trace minerals, organic acids and many many more, some of which we do not understand. They are called micronutrients because we only need these nutrients in small amount. These nutrients play important roles in our body. Some are antioxidants that fights oxidation damage. Some are part of important chemical processes. […]

Macronutrients Macronutrients are abundant in food and they were discovered very early on by scientists. They can be used for energy. With enough supply of food, it is impossible to be deficient in macronutrients. Carbohydrates Carbohydrates are the result of photosynthesis so they are mostly found in plant foods. They provide the body as its […]

The human body needs steady supplies of nutrients for energy, replenishing materials and various metabolic functions. There are potentially thousands of nutrients that the body need for proper functioning but scientists do not fully understand them yet. Therefore we must understand them through categorization.