http://en.foodlexicon.org The latest articles en 04.07.2008 category: nutrition science: nutrients: Proteins contain, similar to carbohydrates and fat, the elements carbon (chem. symbol: C), hydrogen (chem. symbol: H) and oxygen (chem. symbol: O). They also contain nitrogen (chem. symbol: N) and some prot... http://en.foodlexicon.org/e0000060.php category: nutrition science: nutrients: Chromium is a mineral and an essential trace element for the human organism. Apart from regulating insulin and cholesterol levels, other important body functions are accredited to chromium. ... http://en.foodlexicon.org/c0000420.php category: nutrition science: nutrients: Cholesterol (gr.: cholé = bile and sterós = solid) is a sterol, a substance similar to fat, or more precise a component of fat that is found mainly in foods of animal origin but also some vegeta... http://en.foodlexicon.org/c0000050.php category: nutrition science: nutrients: B vitamins is the collective term for all vitamins from the vitamin B complex. These include: vitamin B1 vitamin B2 vitamin B5 vitamin B6 vitamin B12 See... http://en.foodlexicon.org/b0000860.php category: nutrition science: nutrients: Dietary fibres are those components of our food that cannot be or are only partly digested by the human alimentary system. Most dietary fibres are complex carbohydrates, so-called polysaccharides. Their molecules are... http://en.foodlexicon.org/b0000070.php