Metabolism

Your heart, blood vessels and blood together form your cardiovascular system: a system that pumps and transports life supporting nutrients to tissues throughout your body. This system is also essential for removal of metabolic waste products. Learn more

Ultra trace elements may be required as dietary essentials. Part 2 discusses vanadium, aluminium, bromine, germanium, cadmium, lithium, lead, rubidium and tin.

Ultra-trace elements, such as arsenic which is known to be toxic, may be dietary essentials. However, research into their essentiality is limited and human requirement may only be estimated or suspected for some elements. Learn more.

Your kidneys have a significant role in homeostasis by ridding your body of excess nutrients and potentially toxic compounds produced during your metabolic processes. Malfunctioning kidneys are a serious health risk: how healthy are your kidneys?

Ketogenic diets have been part of the weight loss scene for decades, but what sets them apart from other weight loss diets? What is a ketogenic diet and how effective are they if you want healthy sustainable weight loss?