Minerals

Vegetarian diets are thought to be associated with health benefits. What do you need to know to optimize your nutrient intake?

In terms of nutritional health sodium is an essential macronutrient. However, too much of a good thing can bring about adverse health effects such as hypertension and bone loss.

Have you ever wondered what happens to the food you eat once you have swallowed it? What processes occur which change food into nutrients? Track the journey of food through your GI tract and learn more about your digestive process.

"Super food" blueberries make a convenient and nutritious snack. These little berries are packed full of an array of macro and micro nutrients.

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