May 12, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
What is Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity? Wheat gluten and protein intolerance – celiac disease, gluten sensitivity and wheat allergy – affect an increasing number of people and can manifest with intestinal and extra-intestinal symptoms including: abdominal...
Apr 21, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
Food Resources: the importance of legumes The 2016 has been declared, by the UN / FAO, the international year of legumes. These include beans, chickpeas, lentils, peas, soybeans, beans, as well as many local varieties of legumes. The challenges that humanity will face...
Apr 7, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
The concept of beauty The ideal of beauty has changed considerably in the course of human history, but biologically related to the concept of attraction between the sexes and reproductive success, to the ability to pass on their genes to their children. Once, a...
Mar 24, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
Properties and benefits of buckwheat Buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) is a “grain noble” that belongs to the Polygonaceae family, and therefore belong to the group of so-called pseudo cereals. Here below, some of its features: High proteic biological value...
Mar 10, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
What is Celiac Disease? The celiac disease (CD) is an autoimmune illness characterized by a chronic inflammation of the small intestine; in this pathology is verified a flattening of the villi, owed – in genetically predisposed subjects – to the irritating...
Feb 24, 2017 | Molecular health and nutrition
The rediscovery of hemp, functional food with many properties The hemp Cannabis sativa has been used for millennia by human being, both for food use and for the textile fiber obtained from the stems of this herbaceous plant. In recent years we are attending a...
May 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
In erythrocyte membranes, the deficiency of dihomo gamma-linolenic acid (DGLA) and excess of arachidonic acid (AA) are situations related with silent inflammation and poor immune modulation. The found incidence – on the basis of the analysis Fat Pharmacy 2014...
