Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.
According to "The Goodman and Gilman Manual of Pharmacology and Therapeutics," caffeine, which is a stimulant found in many foods, is the most widely-used psychoactive drug in the world. Although coffee has a high caffeine content, apples do not. Therefore, there is more caffeine in a cup of coffee than in an apple.
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Vitamin E is an antioxidant taken primarily for its presumed anti-aging and anti-cancer effects. Omega-3 fatty acids are a type of unsaturated fat consumed primarily for their presumed beneficial effects on cardiovascular health and a variety of medical conditions.
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Becoming dehydrated can happen to anyone, and in some cases, it can become a medical emergency requiring hospital admission. Until recently, there was no good way to rapidly rehydrate a severly dehydrated person. With the development of oral rehydration salts, effective, rapid rehydration is now possible.
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Iron is one of the most abundant elements on earth. It is an essential element for humans, and it is used in a variety of industrial processes. It is also found in drinking water. High levels of iron can be fatal, but the amount found in drinking water is typically too low to be dangerous.
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