Glossary

[ Mono_Diet ] A type of detox_diet based on consuming only a single food or beverage. Popular mono_diets include juice_fasts, such as the grapefruit_diet.

[ Monosaccharide, simple sugar ] A carbohydrate molecule that cannot be further hydrolysed into simpler carbohydrates. Monosaccharides are the basic building blocks of all carbohydrates. They are sweet-tasting, water-soluable, white, crystalline solids with the typical formula of C6H12O6. Examples: glucose,… Read More »Monosaccharide

[ myelin, myelin sheath, white matter ] An insulating sheath around the axon of may nerve cells. It functions as an electrically insulating layer which increases the speed at which impulses are conducted. Myelin is the “white matter” of the… Read More »Myelin

[ Non‑Essential Fatty Acid ]

[ Non-Essential Nutrient ] A nutrient that an organism can endogenously synthesise and, therefore, need not be acquired from dietary sources. This definition does not consider conditions which may result in the demand exceeding the body’s capacity for synthesis, resulting… Read More »Non-Essential Nutrient

[ Nutrient ] A substance that provides nourishment essential to life. Nutrients may either be organic, as in carbohydrates, fats, proteins and vitamins, or inorganic, as in minerals, oxygen and water. They are derived from the environment, typically food, and… Read More »Nutrient

[ Oestrogen, Estrogen ] Any of a class of steroid hormones which regulate the development and maintenance of the female reproductive system and other sexual characteristics. Synthetic oestrogen is widely use in oral contraceptives and to treat menopausal and menstrual… Read More »Oestrogen

[ oestrogen estrogen ]

[ Oil ] Any of a group of fatty acids and fatty acid esters of glycerol which are liquid at room temperature, compared to fat, which is a solid at room temperature.