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Inadequate Micronutrient Intake: What Can Affect Food Quality?

Today’s food supply is diverse. However, the quality of our food can be influenced by many factors: Industrial food production Artificial fertilizers, pesticides, factory farming. Processed food Heating, freezing, drying, canning, irradiation, blanching, refining, additives, impurities. Vital substance losses of food Due to long transport routes and storage, as well as kitchen processing. Storage, preparation, … Inadequate Micronutrient Intake: What Can Affect Food Quality?

Macro- and Micronutrients (Vital Substances)

Macro- and micronutrients (= vital substances) are building blocks that our body needs for its diverse cell and organ functions. The human organism has needed these “vital substances” since the beginning of human history, that is, for 4.4 million years. Vital substances (macro- and micronutrients) include: Vitamins Minerals Trace elements Vital fatty acids Amino acids … Macro- and Micronutrients (Vital Substances)

Macro- and Micronutrients: What Are Vital Nutrients?

Vital substances (= macro- and micronutrients) are building blocks that our body needs for its diverse cell and organ functions. The human organism has needed these “vital substances” since the beginning of human history, that is, for 4.4 million years. Some vital substances can be produced by our body itself, but many must be ingested … Macro- and Micronutrients: What Are Vital Nutrients?

Skin Aging

The term skin aging describes the very complex process that human skin undergoes with increasing age. This process varies greatly from person to person and is related on the one hand to a genetic predisposition and on the other hand to individual risk behavior. Therefore, the onset of skin aging is also highly variable: While … Skin Aging

Skin aging therapy | Skin Aging

Skin aging therapy The condition of old skin cannot be treated in the sense of a “cure”. However, it is possible to take good care of the skin and thus slow down the process of skin aging somewhat and avoid consequential damages such as injuries. It is important that the mostly dry skin is kept … Skin aging therapy | Skin Aging

Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome

The Bernhardt-Roth syndrome, also known as Meralgia paraesthetica (Greek: mêros = thigh, algos = pain, paraesthetica = unpleasant, sometimes painful physical sensation), is a nerve constriction syndrome of the nervus cutaneus femoris lateralis. This nerve runs through the inguinal ligament and transmits sensations of touch from the outside of the thigh to the spinal cord. … Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome

Therapy | Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome

Therapy First of all, the patient should be informed about the harmlessness of his complaints. Since the main triggers of the Bernhardt-Roth syndrome are overweight or tight clothing, the weight should first be normalised by a change in diet and increased endurance sports. This is because the main cause of overweight is incorrect nutrition and … Therapy | Bernhardt-Roth Syndrome

When Snowy Itches and Loses His Hair

The condition of the dog’s coat and skin is a reflection of his health. Most dogs change their coats twice a year – in spring and fall. How and when a dog sheds its summer or winter coat depends on breed, temperature, and length of daylight. Because indoors the temperature and brightness are fairly consistent … When Snowy Itches and Loses His Hair

Elephantiasis

What is elephantiasis? Elephantiasis is a disease in which there is massive swelling of tissue. Typically, the term is used for the final stage of a chronic lymphedema disease. In this case, disturbances in the transport of lymph (tissue fluid) lead to the permanent formation of edema (fluid deposits in the tissue). Over time, this … Elephantiasis

Diagnosis | Elephantiasis

Diagnosis The diagnosis of elephantiasis can initially be made clinically. The criterion of irreversibility of the changes in the skin and underlying tissue must be present in order to be able to speak of elephantiasis. Much more important, however, is the diagnosis before elephantiasis occurs. The earlier the disease of the lymphatic system is discovered, … Diagnosis | Elephantiasis

Therapy | Elephantiasis

Therapy The therapy should be started before elephantiasis is present. Elephantiasis is a stage of lymphedema that cannot be reversed. Therefore, an adequate therapy should already be carried out beforehand. This consists of conservative methods such as the consistent elevation of the affected body region. Physical measures such as lymphatic drainage, where the therapists press … Therapy | Elephantiasis

How contagious is this? | Elephantiasis

How contagious is this? In most cases elephantiasis is not contagious. Especially in non-tropical regions such as Germany, it is almost always a non-infectious cause of lymphedema, which is not transmissible. Thus, genetic changes in the lymphatic system are hereditary, but this is not a classical infection. Also the tendency to develop cancer, which can … How contagious is this? | Elephantiasis