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Vitamin D3, the sun vitamin

Vitamin D3, the sun vitamin

Dehydrocholesterol – a provitamin derived from cholesterol – allows humans to synthesize vitamin D3. This molecule, present in the skin through the absorption of the sun’s radiant energy, is transformed into cholecalciferol, which the liver and kidney convert into an active form. However, the amount of calciferol from food […]

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Female hormones and nutrition

Female hormones and nutrition

In recent decades, the global scientific community has increasingly focused its attention on the incidence of nutrition and physical activity in the prevention of many types of chronic degenerative diseases, such as cardiovascular diseases, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer's and tumours. For some years now, the differences between the specific problems affecting […]

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Hypertrophy

Hypertrophy

Living organisms, unlike machines, degrade with inactivity. The development of our society has contributed to the emergence of a new disease, the "hypokinetic syndrome", or the progressive deterioration of the organic systems of our body due to lack of physical activity with the pathologies that result from […]

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Overweight

Overweight

The overweight condition is extended to many sections of the population, especially those belonging to the most developed countries, where food is abundant and the lifestyle is more sedentary. The condition of being overweight, although not pathological, should not be neglected, however, since it constitutes a high […]

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Eat healthy, live longer

Eat healthy, live longer

The research of Dr. Luigi Fontana has shown the connection between diet and longevity. On December 9, 2016, there was a major conference at Villa Eden entitled "Nutrition and longevity: the secrets to living a long and healthy life from scientific research." The exceptional guest was Prof. Luigi Fontana, Professor of Medicine and Nutrition at the University of Brescia and Washington University in St. Louis, USA, and author of […]

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