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What Does My Body Do in Starvation Mode?

By: Jeff Lepage

During Starvation mode the body will only first burn off your fat reserves after it exhausting the contents of the digestive tract (what you just ate), and then your glycogen reserves stored in your muscles and liver cells. Once those are gone, then it will actually start to burn your actual muscle tissue, [...]

Don’t Miss your Future! – Learn About Biodiesel, and Why it is Important Now

You probably know by now the hard condition of the Earth’s climate, and the rapid increase in oil prices, that will doom our society to devastating energy prices. It is also possible that you already heard about many solutions offered to this problem, by entering alternative energy, based on renewable resources. Let me introduce to you one alternative energy source that is already available, easy to get, and do not require an enormous change in today’s transportation or industry.

All Double Bonds In Nature?

Nature tends to make all double bonds with hydrogen on the same side, which is known as a ‘cis’ bond. But mankind, with a big machine, extremely high pressure and a few heavy-metal catalysts, can manufacture ‘trans’ bonds. And fats containing trans bonds are known as ‘trans-fatty acids: There are those – and I rank myself among them -who believe that trans-fatty acids are both, literally, ‘unnatural’ and potentially damaging to our health.

Conclusion of the Study of Standard Freezing and Thawing Protocols for Cryopreservation of Biopsied Human Embryos at the Blastocyst Stage

In this study, we used standard protocol for blastocyst to freeze and thaw biopsied embryos at blastocyst stage. The freezing and thawing media are glycerol and sucrose respectively

How to tell Good Fats and Bad Fats

Fats have been a major contribution to obesity in this country. People to this day still cannot seem to grasp the fact that our bodies need fat, and other essentials that fad diets try to scare us out of consuming. There are good fats and bad fats, and just like everything else, moderation is the key to success.

What is Glycerin?

Glycerin is a chemical compound which is known as glycerol. For making biodiesel it is the main by-product. This word comes from the Greek word glykys and its meaning is sweet

To Prepare Homebrew Diesel With the Help of the Fresh Vegetable Cooking Oil

Biodiesel is arguably the best alternative for the petroleum fuel. It can be used as fuel in diesel engines. The reason for it being called as the biodiesel is that it is prepared from the biodegradable material.

Understanding the Terms: Glucoside, Glycoside, Glucose, Glycerol and Glycerin

While the term glucoside is often used synonymously with glycoside, a class of complex chemical compounds in plants and glucose is a monosaccharide sugar that is found in honey and the juices of many fruits from which the alternate name grape sugar is derived due to its presence in grapes, the terms glycerol and glycerin are generally used interchangeably but glycerin may also refer to glycerol in solution made from glycerol.

Doublebase Cream

Doublebase cream is a moisturizing as well as a protective hydrating gel which is used for various skin issues like dry or chapped skin which can cause rashes or itchy, inflamed or infected issues.