Essential, Nonessential and Conditionally Essential Amino Acids While there are about 500 amino acids, we rely on just 20 to produce all of the 20,000 distinct proteins we need to live. These 20 amino acids… Read More »Essential, Nonessential and Conditionally Essential Amino Acids
Amino Acids the Building Blocks of Proteins Our bodies use a dizzying array of proteins – just to stay alive – each and every day. You and I have to make them all. We don’t… Read More »Amino Acids: Building Blocks of Proteins
Protein: What is it? In previous articles I talked about some of the structural and functional roles that proteins have in the body – there are many many more – later articles will explore some… Read More »Protein: What is it?
Protein, Muscle and Quality of Life. Muscle. Getting bigger muscles is often what comes to mind when the subject of eating protein is mentioned. You might picture a gym full of sweaty people lifting bars… Read More »Protein, Muscle and Quality of Life
What is the largest organ in the body? What is the largest organ in the body? – seems like a simple question but like most things in science and medicine, there is more than answer… Read More »What is the largest organ in the body?
Calcium, that is what we think about when someone talks about bone health. What is often not well appreciated is the role of protein. About 50% of our bone volume is protein. Calcium and other… Read More »Do higher protein diets harm our bones?
February 22, 2024. Today I turned 57. Over the past couple of decades, I have been actively sharing medical information. In 2004, I initiated a regular column named “Health Matters”. Throughout several years of running… Read More »Welcome to Health Matters
In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt visited the Grand Canyon. Roosevlt proclaimed “The Grand Canyon fills me with awe. It is beyond comparison—beyond description; absolutely unparalleled throughout the wide world…” The Grand Canyon fills me with… Read More »The Grand Canyon and Goals
Protein Protein as defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as: “any of various naturally occurring extremely complex substances that consist of amino-acid residues joined by peptide bonds, contain the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, usually sulfur,… Read More »Protein