Artificial sweeteners [toc] Sweeteners that are not produced by nature are called artificial sweeteners. Artificial sweeteners are sugar substitutes that provide a sweet taste whilst containing way less calories than sugar. Today, the most important artificial sweeteners are aspartame and sucralose. Strangely, although artificial sweeteners contain almost no calories [...]
Processed foods [toc] Processed foods differ from fresh foods. They are fresh foods that are processed by certain methods. Food processing by baking, canning, drying or freezing must not lead to an unhealthy food, however: Processed foods may contain high levels of salt, loads of sugar, or high fat [...]
Vitamin B12 - Cobalamin [toc] Vitamin B12 – also known as cobalamin or coenzyme B12 – is found in almost all animal products but not in plant products. Good cobalamin food sources are meat, eggs, and dairy products. If needed, vitamin B12 can be supplemented as methyl- or cyano-cobalamin. [...]
Nutrition is what you eat! [toc] Ehm, no – actually not. According to the definition, nutrition is “a science that interprets the interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an organism”. How boring! But there is another term [...]
