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  2. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Foods high in magnesium (an example of a nutrient) Human nutrition deals with the provision of essential nutrients in food that are necessary to support human life and good health. [1] Poor nutrition is a chronic problem often linked to poverty, food security, or a poor understanding of nutritional requirements. [2]

  3. Liver - Wikipedia

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    The liver plays several roles in lipid metabolism: it performs cholesterol synthesis, lipogenesis, and the production of triglycerides, and a bulk of the body's lipoproteins are synthesized in the liver. The liver plays a key role in digestion, as it produces and excretes bile (a yellowish liquid) required for emulsifying fats and help the ...

  4. Food security - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, household food security is considered to exist when all the members of a family, at all times, have access to enough food for an active, healthy life. [1] Individuals who are food-secure do not live in hunger or fear of starvation. [2] Food security includes resilience to future disruptions of food supply.

  5. Liver (food) - Wikipedia

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    The liver of mammals, fowl, and fish is commonly eaten as food by humans (see offal). Pork , lamb , veal , beef , chicken, goose , and cod livers are widely available from butchers and supermarkets while stingray and burbot livers are common in some European countries.

  6. Hepatic portal system - Wikipedia

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    Liver cirrhosis can lead to increased intrahepatic vascular resistance and vasodilation of portal system arteries, both of which increase pressure in the portal vein. [4] Color Doppler Ultrasound is the most useful imaging tool used to identify aneurysms, thrombosis, and branching patterns of the portal venous system, and to determine if ...

  7. Peroxisome - Wikipedia

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    Peroxisomes owe their name to hydrogen peroxide-generating and scavenging activities. They perform key roles in lipid metabolism and the reduction of reactive oxygen species. [4] Peroxisomes are involved in the catabolism of very long chain fatty acids, branched chain fatty acids, bile acid intermediates (in the liver), D-amino acids, and ...

  8. Assimilation (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Assimilation is the process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food as part of the nutrition of an organism. In humans, this is always done with a chemical breakdown (enzymes and acids) and physical breakdown (oral mastication and stomach churning).

  9. Water, energy and food security nexus - Wikipedia

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    The water, energy and food security nexus according to the Food And Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO), means that water security, energy security and food security are very much linked to one another, meaning that the actions in any one particular area often can have effects in one or both of the other areas. [1]