Supplementing with soluble corn fiber at two critical times in a woman's life -- adolescence and post-menopause -- can help build and retain calcium in bone, according to new research. Supplementing ...

While the health benefits of vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin K, vitamin B12 and vitamin E are well documented, knowing how the body absorbs such nutrients can be helpful. Understanding the dangers of ...

Introduction Have you ever added a spoon of sugar to your tea and wondered why it disappeared? Where did it go? The sugar did not actually disappear—it changed from its solid form into a dissolved ...

Peter Medawar (19151987), British Nobel Prize-winning immunologist, and graceful writer on general science, famously declared science to be "the art of the soluble". He went on to say: "Good ...

A new study touts the benefits of soluble fiber -- found in oats, apples, and nuts, for starters -- saying that it reduces the inflammation associated with obesity-related diseases and strengthens the ...

Soluble and insoluble fiber are equally important for your health and one is no better than the other for general well-being. Soluble fiber dissolves and ferments in your gut which provides important ...

The water-soluble vitamins are vitamin C and vitamin B complex, which includes thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, pantothenic acid, pyridoxine, folate, biotin, and cobalamin. Vitamins can be fat-soluble or ...