📅 25. 8. 2026
Autophagy is one of the fundamental mechanisms through which the cell continuously maintains its internal environment in order. The name comes from the Greek words autos (self) and phagein (to eat) and can be loosely translated as "self-digestion." In this...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Carbohydrates provide the body with quickly usable energy (1 gram of carbohydrates contains 17.63 kJ = approx. 4 kcal). Depending on their composition, the speed at which energy is released from them in the body varies (fastest from so-called sugars)....
📅 3. 9. 2024
Fats, along with proteins and carbohydrates, are the fundamental building blocks of our body. They perform a number of essential functions: they are solvents for vitamins A, D, E, K, they are essential for the formation of sex and adrenal...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Vitamins are substances that we must obtain through food because the human body is unable to produce them by itself (higher animals lost the ability to synthesize these substances during their development when mutations in the course of evolution made...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Minerals are present in the body in only small quantities — they make up approximately 4 percent of body weight. These inorganic substances are essential for a variety of life processes, being, for example, an integral part of the structure...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The functioning of bodily cells, tissues, organs, or entire systems is always influenced by the quality of the acid-base balance of the internal environment. Once such a balance is disrupted (in absolute values or at the level of tendencies that...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Metabolic syndrome is a term that is being discussed more and more frequently. The reason is not only that it affects an increasing portion of the population, but also because it is a syndrome. That is, not one specific health...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Detoxification is a frequently cited concept, especially in the context of promoting various foods, dietary supplements, different devices, or general supportive methods aimed at ridding the body of undesirable substances that harm human health in various ways. As a result,...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Metabolic Flexibility Anyone who embarks on changing their dietary system and wishes the organism's behavior to move in the desired direction while maintaining good health must respect one absolutely essential characteristic of human metabolism – metabolic flexibility. Even though this...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Humans, as omnivores, differ from other animals in terms of diet with one undeniable advantage: Their metabolism shows considerable flexibility in utilizing energy sources, which allows them to adapt to great extremes. This feature, called “metabolic flexibility” nowadays, is increasingly...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The thyroid gland is an endocrine gland located at the front of the neck below the thyroid cartilage. It's crucial for human life quality because it produces key hormones: 1. Triiodothyronine – contains 3 iodine atoms, referred to as T3....
📅 3. 9. 2024
Cholesterol is a substance whose importance is often cited in relation to human health, especially in cardiovascular diseases. We consume a small amount of cholesterol from animal foods (the richest sources are offal and eggs), but the vast majority (approximately 90...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Gout is a form of arthritis (an inflammatory joint disease) caused by uric acid crystals deposited in joint tissue. Uric acid is the end product of the metabolism of purines, which are found in greater quantities in certain types of...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Diabetes (diabetes mellitus) is a chronic disease that manifests as a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism. Several types of diabetes are known, most commonly classified as: Type I Diabetes (insulin-dependent). It most frequently develops in youth. The causes are varied: -...
📅 3. 9. 2024
The liver is a key organ in the body where a vast amount of chemical reactions occur. Like other organs in the body, the liver is subject to various diseases, and in relation to lifestyle, the most common is non-alcoholic...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Atherosclerosis is a long-term disease caused by the deposition of so-called atherogenic substances (lipids, carbohydrates, blood cells, and calcium) into the artery wall. Over time, there is a gradual narrowing of the artery, a reduction in its elasticity, and a...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Epilepsy (also known as seizures) is a condition that results from excessive electrical activity in the brain and nervous system. In a healthy brain, the transmission of electrical impulses between cells is controlled by regulatory mechanisms. However, in cases of epilepsy, situations occur...
📅 3. 9. 2024
Proteins are one of the macronutrients and in the body they primarily serve structural and functional roles. They are composed of amino acids, and adequate intake is essential for the repair and functioning of muscles, skin, connective tissues, and internal organs. What matters is not only the total amount of protein in the diet, but also its quality and the mix of sources.
📅 10. 2. 2023
Anyone who is somewhat involved in nutrition knows that the attempt to precisely calculate the energy balance - the difference between energy intake and expenditure - doesn't work well in practice. The reason is that the behavior of living systems...
📅 15. 5. 2022
Proteins are a component whose quantity is usually monitored first when assessing the quality of a diet. In practice, it turns out that despite the crucial role they play in metabolism, most of the population manages them poorly in their...