Your Body

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?

Lack of sleep can adversely affect your health and overtime may contribute to increased risk of chronic health conditions. Should you be concerned about your sleeping patterns?

The incidence of food allergies appears to be increasing among both adults and children, but is this really the case or are symptoms which arise after eating particular foods caused by something else? Learn more about food and your body.