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Proteins: Macronutrients of Nature & Health
Proteins are macronutrients needed to build and repair tissues, produce enzymes and hormones, and support functions from brain health to...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 85 min read


Peptides: Science of Human Health
Peptides are natural compounds used supplementally in medicine, skincare and fitness. Vital components of biological systems, peptides...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 84 min read


Photosynthesis: Nature's Energy Production
Photosynthesis supports life on Earth. In this process, plants turn sunlight into sugars for energy and provide much-needed oxygen to...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 83 min read


Carbon Fixation: Environmental Heath & Ecology
Carbon fixation optimizes the health of the environment. By transforming carbon dioxide into organic compounds, this process forms the...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 82 min read


Glucose in Nature: Ecology & Environment
Glucose is a carbohydrate, a simple sugar or monosaccharide. It fuels life and ecology. Made by plants, glucose empowers microorganisms...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 85 min read


Amygdalin: Bitter Almonds & the Cyanogenic Compound
Amygdalin is a compound in the seeds of many fruits, like peaches and bitter almonds. During metabolism, it produces hydrogen cyanide...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 74 min read


Glucose: Essential Functions in Human Health
Glucose is a monosaccharide important to human and environmental health. It fuels cells and supports intricate ecosystems. Often called...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 74 min read


Structures of Starch: Amylose & Amylopectin
Starch is a carbohydrate indispensable to food, the environment and plant biology. It's an energy reserve for plants, consisting mainly...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 65 min read


Carbohydrates: Sugars of Nature & Health
Carbohydrates are essential macromolecules important to human health and the natural environment. They range from simple monosaccharides...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 66 min read


Escherichia coli (E. coli): The Good Bacteria
Escherichia coli or E. coli are a benefit in the microbial world. Many strains are good for human health and the natural environment....

Sylvia Rose
Feb 63 min read


Ammonium (NH+4): Nitrogen Needs of Plants
Ammonium is an ion integral to biology, ecological processes, agriculture, industry and human nature. Close to its gaseous parent ammonia...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 56 min read


Feed the Yeast: Nutrients for Microbe Health
Yeasts metabolize nutrients like nitrogen, biotin (vitamin H) and thiamin (B1) for optimal health in the competitive microworld. They're...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 55 min read


Candida albicans: Nature of the Yeast
Candida albicans is a common yeast dwelling in humans and the natural environment. Usually unnoticed unless pathogenic, it's found in...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 43 min read


Fermentable & Non-Fermentable Sugars
Sugars provide energy and influence bodily functions. They're essential to the growth of all living organisms. Simple carbohydrates,...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 43 min read


Maltose: Sweet Delight of Brewing & Energy
Maltose is a disaccharide, or double sugar, composed of two glucose molecules. Produced by a specialty enzyme, it's important to ecology,...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 45 min read


Three Types of Amylase in Digestion & Fermentation
Amylase, a primary digestive enzyme, helps decompose carbohydrates into simple sugars. It's integral to digestion and yeast -driven...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 34 min read


Five Types of Resistant Starch: Fiber & Health
Resistant starch is a carbohydrate. It doesn't digest in the small intestine but ferments in the large to provide fibrous bulk and...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 24 min read


Amylase: Starch to Sugar Enzyme of Digestion & Fermentation
Amylase is a powerful digestive enzyme, also important to fermentation. In saliva, it initiates digestion by decomposing starches into...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 24 min read


Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Queen of Yeasts
Saccharomyces cerevisiae , brewer's or baker's yeast, is undisputed Queen of yeasts. This immobile single-celled organism is popular in...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 17 min read


Digestive Enzymes: Amylase, Lipase & Protease
Amylase, lipase & protease are digestive enzymes essential to health. As biological catalysts they metabolize macronutrients into...

Sylvia Rose
Feb 13 min read
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