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Nutrients

Nutrient

1. Nourishing, affording nutriment.

2. A nutritious substance, food or a component of food.

Origin: L. Nutriens


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green wavelength in plant photosynthesis

... will probably grow faster. Here's why: when a plant seed originally germinates, it doesn't need light to grow, at it is growing off its stored nutrients in the seed. The plant seed is originally in the ground (dark), so it will grow very fast until it reaches the sunlight so it can start photosynthesis ...

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by MrMistery
Sat Sep 05, 2009 5:44 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: green wavelength in plant photosynthesis
Replies: 3
Views: 63

Re: can galactose be convert into fructose?

... and galactose . A deficiency of GLUT 5 may result in excess fructose carried into the lower intestine.[citation needed] There, it can provide nutrients for the existing gut flora, which produce gas. It may also cause water retention in the intestine. These effects may lead to bloating, excessive ...

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by mande
Wed Aug 26, 2009 10:01 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: can galactose be convert into fructose?
Replies: 3
Views: 67

Insulin signaling

When glucose is in the blood (like after you eat a meal and you begin to digest the nutrients giving off glucose molecules that then transport thru the epithelial cells of the GI tract to the blood) it can then bind to a receptor on the islets of Langerhans located ...

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by kolean
Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:58 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: Insulin signaling
Replies: 1
Views: 58

Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... this claim. And my idea of fasting is juicing: fresh fruit and vegetables put thru a juicer (containing loads of potassium, sodium, calcium, phytonutrients, fructose, and many other nutrients - not just electrolytes). Well that is hardly fasting, is it? From what I know, fasting is to abstain ...

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by MichaelXY
Mon Aug 03, 2009 5:38 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 483259

Re: Stomach bloating and weight gain

... this claim. And my idea of fasting is juicing: fresh fruit and vegetables put thru a juicer (containing loads of potassium, sodium, calcium, phytonutrients, fructose, and many other nutrients - not just electrolytes).

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by kolean
Sun Aug 02, 2009 2:47 pm
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Stomach bloating and weight gain
Replies: 299
Views: 483259
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