Sentences with phrase «by absorbing food»

They feed by absorbing food across their skin.

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Vitamin D isn't present in most of the foods we eat, but it's a critical ingredient that keeps our bones strong by helping us absorb calcium.

So fast food is fast in this other sense too: it is to a considerable extent predigested, in effect, and therefore more readily absorbed by the body.

Paul Bulcke, the chief executive officer of Vevey, Switzerland - based Nestle, the world's largest food company, said May 19 that food - price increases should be gradual and that companies would try to absorb commodity expenses by reducing costs in other areas.

A second consequence of the features of the food cycle is that when toxins such as the insecticide DDT get absorbed by plants, they get concentrated at each successive food level.

Avocados act as a «nutrient booster» by helping the body to better absorb fat - soluble nutrients, such as alpha - and beta - carotene and lutein, from foods that are eaten with the fruit.

But just so you and I are on the same page dear reader, nourishing food to me means that the most nutrients are preserved in the food while at the same time made available to be absorbed by our bodies.

They are an unprocessed whole - grain food that can easily be absorbed by the body.

Foreign investment has seen large segments of the Australian food industry absorbed by multinational agribusiness that take profits offshore:

When the balance in pH is supported by eating good food, nutrients can be more easily absorbed by the skin.

The avocado and tomato together act as a nutrient booster by enabling the body to absorb more fat - soluble nutrients, such as alpha - and beta - carotene as well as lutein, in foods that are eaten with the fruit.

They reduce food cravings by preventing some of your food from getting absorbed into your system.

When grains are sprouted they are converted into a living food with more vital nutrients which are more readily absorbed by the body.

The iron and zinc in beef and lamb are well absorbed by the body, better than the iron and zinc found in plant - based foods like legumes, spinach and grains.

Those who are severely affected have an autoimmune disease called celiac where the villi in the small intestine are damaged by the immune system, so food isn't absorbed correctly leading to all sorts of problems within the body.

I'm trying to eat as much as I can because of its nutritional benefits: — they can help your diet by making you feel full (it's because they absorb 10 times their weight in water, forming a bulky gel)-- they are the richest plant source of Omega - 3 — chia seeds slow down how fast our bodies convert carbohydrates into simple sugars, studies indicate they can control blood sugar — they are an excellent source of fiber, with a whopping 10 grams in only 2 tablespoons — chia seeds are rich in antioxidants that help protect the body from free radicals, aging and cancer — chia seeds contain no gluten or grains — the outer layer of chia seeds swells when mixed with liquids to form a gel (this can used in place of eggs to lower cholesterol and increase the nutrient content of foods and baked goods)(More info here.)

Recent structural changes within China's food agencies and ministries have resulted in the creation of a new State Administration of Market Supervision (SAMS) agency, that will absorb the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), while assuming the domestic industry controls previously overseen by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (GAQSfood agencies and ministries have resulted in the creation of a new State Administration of Market Supervision (SAMS) agency, that will absorb the China Food and Drug Administration (CFDA), while assuming the domestic industry controls previously overseen by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (GAQSFood and Drug Administration (CFDA), while assuming the domestic industry controls previously overseen by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (GAQSIQ).

Soluble fiber works by absorbing the water in the intestinal tract creating a gel which easily moves digested food through your system.

3) Heart - Loving Antioxidant Powers: Almonds are one of the richest food sources of alpha - tocopherol, the form of vitamin E that is most easily absorbed by the body.

They also act as a «nutrient booster» by enabling the body to absorb more fat - soluble nutrients, such as alpha and beta - carotene and lutein, in foods that are eaten with the fruit.

Rob McCaleb, an ethnobotanist and president of the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colorado, observes that various kinds of chile actually helps digestion and reduces flatulence by increasing the circulation in the stomach and intestines so that food is processed and absorbed more efficiently.

It is an inexpensive way to get minerals and vitamins without taking supplements, which sometimes are not absorbed by the body when isolated from foods in supplements.

One great example is in food processing, by making changes that boost the nutrient value of foods and ensure that those nutrients can be properly absorbed by the body.

After that time, the iron - stores and the iron absorbed by breastfeeding (that, is if you breastfeed) gets used up, but solid foods begin getting introduced.

Iron - laden foods such as fish, meat and poultry are also excellent to use in place of iron - fortified baby cereal as they contain heme iron which is more efficiently absorbed by the body.

They aren't absorbed by your body like the real foods are.

Whole foods work synergistically by providing the cofactors and enzymes that many nutrients require to be activated and absorbed.

If your baby has been mostly breastfeeding, he may benefit from baby food made with meat, which contains more easily absorbed sources of iron and zinc that are needed by 4 to 6 months of age.

Pregnancy - related bloating is caused by the hormone progesterone, which slows down digestion to give more time for the food to be absorbed into the bloodstream.

We can help slow down the speed at which children absorb sugar and highly processed carbohydrates by giving them some «real» food before or with the treat.

Even though the science says that the amount of lead absorbed by plants varies widely (spinach and sunflowers = leady, apple trees and tomatoes = not leady), and even though every study on children who play in the dirt and eat homegrown food (my eight - year - old daughter included) has come back saying that there is no evidence of elevated bodily lead levels, people around here are petrified about growing their own vegetables, and even of letting their kids play in the mud.

By eating less food, you give your body a chance to absorb and process your food.

This is because by then, hopefully you have acquainted your baby with solid foods which are harder to process and absorb anyway, and they may also contain say, more sodium, among other things, which needs a bit of dilution too.

When you eat food that makes you feel gassy, the gas is caused by undigested carbohydrates that remain in your intestines instead of being absorbed into the bloodstream.

Food absorbed by our bodies is converted to glucose that powers the body — and the brain.

Your baby's weight reflects how much she is absorbing nutrients from her food while her height is influenced more by genetic factors.

Therefore, you're not doing your baby any favors by feeding him at an earlier age, baby's digestive system gets overworked, and baby does not absorb the nutrients from the food you are feeding him.

This takes place in a number of ways: the child loses its appetite and eats less; parents may withhold food from the sick child; nutrients are poorly absorbed by the intestines during and after the diarrhoea episode; and body tissues are broken down metabolically.

Unlike most «refined» carbohydrates, which are rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream, pasta has a low glycemic index, meaning it causes smaller increases in blood sugar levels than those caused by eating foods with a high glycemic index.

They can absorb sialic acid through contact with animals or by eating food of animal origin and integrate it into their glycoproteins.

The cartons easily outperformed the bottles, reducing the levels of methoxypyrazines by up to 45 per cent, probably because the aluminium seal absorbs the chemicals (Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, DOI: 10.1021 / jf803720k).

First, it can boost by almost 70 percent how much calcium can be absorbed from foods or supplements.

«We discovered the enzyme YihQ, which is used by bacteria to absorb and metabolise these sulfur - containing sugars as food,» he said.

The tainted steaks theory could not be easily dismissed because DEHP can be absorbed by food and water from their packaging.

The smoke from vast fires started by bombs dropped on cities and industrial areas would envelop the planet and absorb so much sunlight that the earth's surface would get cold, dark and dry, killing plants worldwide and eliminating our food supply.

The food - derived exogenous miRNAs are absorbed, packaged into microvesical (MV) and then secreted into circulation by cells of animal GI tract.

Whittaker crowned his tree of life with three kingdoms of primarily multicellular eukaryotes sorted in large part by nutritional style: plants (capturing light energy), fungi (absorbing nutrients by contact) and animals (ingesting their food).

«We wanted to understand why there is more cis - lycopene in the body, and by mathematically modeling our patients» blood carbon - 13 lycopene concentration data, we found that it is likely due to a conversion of all - trans to cis lycopene, which occurs soon after we absorb lycopene from our food,» she added.

After being absorbed by plankton, the mercury moves up the food chain: The plankton is eaten by small fish, which are then gobbled up by larger predators, each bigger animal accumulating more mercury with every meal.

It is also more easily absorbed by the body through foods such as granary bread, beans and nuts.