Tag: weight loss
Heart Disease; How you can prevent it from happening to you.
Cardiovascular disease claims the lives of 17.7 million people every year, accounting for 31% of all global deaths (WHO, 2017). You may be asking, “how has this disease become so prevalent in our society and what can I do to prevent it from happening to me?” This is the question I asked myself after finding…
A Functional Understanding of Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates have a distinct role in energy production through the foods we eat. An essential form of the compound is glucose, a six-carbon ring structure. This basic building block of life provides the essential elements for more complex molecular structures utilized in cellular transport, cell signaling, and cellular recognition. When a monosaccharide such as glucose…