Your lifelong health can be affected by good nutrition because good nutrition can help you avoid gaining weight.

When your body burns calories more efficiently, you increase the amount of muscle mass and decrease the amount of body fat. 

The mineral that is essential to maintaining healthy bones and teeth is calcium.

A person who has high cholesterol has a health condition that may require a person to reduce his or her consumption of saturated and trans fats.

Protein is essential to the overall health of the body because it sustains life and keeps body systems in good repair.

High triglyceride levels in the blood can be an indicator of HEART DISEASE.

During digestion, the kidneys are responsible for extracting certain minerals and maintaining proper fluid balance

Average individuals eliminate alcohol from their bodies at an approximate rate of 0.015 BAL per hour.

A consequence of "yo-yo" dieting is that: the body will actually store more fat around the waist.

Men and women, regardless of weight, will have different daily energy requirements because men naturally have more muscle mass than women and thus need more energy to function.

For permanent weight loss, a person should: eat at least 1,200 calories per day.

1 small apple best describes one serving of fruit.

Certain pharmaceutical or herbal weight-loss remedies can cause a diuretic effect, which can lead to a loss of water and essential minerals in the body.