Every year the Christmas season comes – and with it the festive preparations. Gifts are procured and cookies are baked, the house is festively decorated. Advent is filled with hectic activity and restlessness. The menu for the holidays is set, the ingredients have to be bought, everything has to be perfect for the feast and … Healthy Gluttony: How To Get Well through the Holidays
Calcium is one of the most important minerals, which must be supplied to the body. If the body is insufficiently supplied with calcium, deficiency symptoms occur, the so-called calcium deficiency. A 60-kilogram person, for example, consists of just under 1.1 kilograms of calcium, with 99 percent of the calcium found in bones and teeth. What … Calcium Deficiency: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Wernicke’s aphasia is a severe speech and word-finding disorder. Sufferers suffer from extreme language impairment and are only able to understand or reproduce the simplest words with great difficulty. Wernicke’s aphasics are only able to understand speech content at all with intensive training and therapy by focusing on facial expressions and speech differences. What is … Wernickes Aphasia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Products Red mold rice is commercially available in some countries as a dietary supplement or food. In 2014 and 2019, Swissmedic informed that the sale of products with is not allowed in many countries, either as medicines or dietary supplements. Ingredients Red mold rice is a fermentation product of rice with mold strains of the … Red Mold Rice
Products Ciprofibrate was commercially available in many countries in capsule form (Hyperlipen, off label). It was approved in 1993 and has not been available since 2013. Structure and properties Ciprofibrate (C13H14Cl2O3, Mr = 289.2 g/mol) is a racemate and a phenoxyisobutyric acid derivative. It exists as a white to pale yellow powder that is practically … Ciprofibrate
Cinnamon is one of the oldest and most aromatic spices in the world, at the same time an effective natural remedy obtained from the bark of the cinnamon tree. This is dried into cinnamon sticks, which in turn can be ground into fine cinnamon powder. Occurrence and cultivation of cinnamon The aromatic spice cinnamon is … Cinnamon: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
Chia seeds is a food already familiar to the Maya and Aztecs. The small seeds have multiples of important nutrients and antioxidants. Chia seeds offer a rich variety of recipes and applications. Salvia Hispanica is from the labiates family. Occurrence and cultivation of chia seeds Chia seeds are gluten-free and contain more omega-3s than salmon, … Chia Seeds: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
While cholesterol plays an important role in the human body as a natural substance, it also poses risks to health. For example, various diseases are associated with elevated cholesterol levels. For more information, read the article: Elevated cholesterol (hypercholesterolemia). What is cholesterol? A blood test of cholesterol levels is used by doctors to further diagnose … Cholesterol: Function & Diseases
Cholesterol level makes a statement about the amount of cholesterol contained in the blood. Thus, an elevated cholesterol level or hypercholesterolemia refers to an abnormal or disturbed amount of cholesterol in the blood. Cholesterol is a fatty substance that is important for the structure of the cell membranes surrounding each cell, for quite a few … Elevated Cholesterol (Hypercholesterolemia): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The blueberry is hard to beat in terms of diversity: Not only in the domestic kitchen it is part of the preparation of a wide variety of dishes, but also in naturopathy it has occupied a firm place for centuries. Already the Native Americans revered the blueberry as a medicinal plant and used the fruits … Bilberry: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
Familial hypercholesterolemia is an inherited disorder by which blood cholesterol levels become abnormally elevated. The result is severe disorders of the blood circulatory system. Treatment is by medication and is supported by a healthy lifestyle. What is familial hypercholesterolemia? Familial hypercholesterolemia is the genetic elevation of blood cholesterol levels. The prefix hyper- means “over” and … Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Arterial occlusive disease (AVD) or peripheral arterial occlusive disease (pAVD), like smoker’s leg, is colloquially known as shop window disease. In this case, an arterial circulatory disorder of the extremities (feet, legs, arms, hands) occurs, which can be life-threatening. The main cause of this disease is arteriosclerosis due to an unhealthy lifestyle. Especially smoking, little … Arterial Occlusive Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
