Magnesium stearatea – Should we be aware of it?
What is magnesium stearate and where can we find it? Magnesium stearate is a magnesium salt of stearic acid. More specifically, it is a compound made of two particles of stearic acid and magnesium. Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid and it can be found in many food products, mainly in animal and plant fats. […]
What is your body type? – Ectomorph, Endomorph or Mesomorph?
Your friend eats double portion of ice cream for breakfast every day, pizza for dinner and chocolate for dessert and she still looks like a model from the cover of a magazine. You stick to your diet each day, resign from your sweet cravings, sweat last drop of water from your body in the gym […]
Vitamin C – invaluable properties that you didn’t know about
We often hear about the invaluable properties of Vitamin C and its positive impact on literally the whole body. But how does this statement apply to reality? Vitamin C for immunity We all know that Vitamin C is the basis for caring for our immune system. The theory that Vitamin C can fight diseases […]
Vitamin C – left-handed, natural or artificial
Vitamin C from a chemical point of view is L-Ascorbic Acid, so belonging to the levorotatory organic compounds and it is why it is popularly called „left-handed”. Ascorbic Acid belongs to compounds having different forms of their molecules – seemingly identical, but being one to another as reflected in a mirror, or as a right […]
Natural vitamin C – Sensible supplementation
When Vasco da Gamma sailed the Cape of Good Hope and his crew due to the illness was decimated, he probably did not expect that the reason causing the illness was as prosaic as vitamin deficiency in the sailors’ diet, specifically lack of Vitamin C. During long cruises the pantry was stocked with dried meat […]
Training – Introduction to the cycle of articles. What is it? Is it really necessary?
In Body Empire, we believe, that proper diet and physical activity are the key to healthy state of the body and mind. It is obvious that, everyone wants to be healthy, but not every person can care for his health all by himself. Today, we will take a closer look at training. What is […]
Selenium – why is it important for the human body?
What is selenium? Selenium is a component of many important enzymes, i.e. producing thyroid hormones or the strongest among these removing free radicals. High level of selenium also protects tissues (especially very sensitive nervous cells of the brain!) from hypoxia. It augments immune system; its high level is especially vital during dangerous infectious diseases and […]
Zinc – one of the most essential human micronutrients
What spectrum of action does zinc have? Apart from anti-oxidative activity, increasing immune abilities and defensive in energy production, Zinc has influence on every basic life processes. It is one of the most needed microelements and component of proteins, because it acts as a coenzyme – active centre of around 300 various enzymes, especially conducting […]
Coenzyme Q10 – in the fight against free radicals
What is coenzyme Q10? It is one of the most efficient substances responsible for removing free radicals – aggressive chemical molecules causing premature cell aging and many diseases development. Coenzyme Q10 also enhances the immune system. It is used in many creams, which can accelerate the healing, stop the skin aging processes or sooth the […]
Vitamin D and its wide spectrum of activity
What is vitamin D? Even though, it is considered as a part of the vitamins, it really is a hormone of really wide spectrum of activity. It has an effect on around 3,500 of our genes (we have around 18,000 of them) regulating most of important processes in the organism. The most important ones are […]
