Resources Tagged: Human Health

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  1. Treatment to Reduce Cyanide Content of Cassava Flour

    2005-10-01 In Cassava Cyanide Diseases News (CCDN), Issue 4,December 2004, Dr. J. Howard Bradbury wrote about a method of processing cassava that could substantially reduce the cyanide content of flour.
    Cassava Human Health Health Health and Medical... Cyanide Food Processing

  2. Agricultural and Nutritional Options for Impoverished People Living with HIV/AIDS

    2010-04-01 Many complicating factors affect agricultural work, family health, and nutrition when one or more family members are HIV positive or have an active case of AIDS. In addition to those who are sick, others in the family and community are affected by the consequences of their illness. This broader...
    Human Health Health and Nutrition Medicinal Plants Nutrition Agricultural Devel... Kitchen Gardens Nutrient Density Katuk Health HIV/AIDS

  3. Cyantesmo Paper for Detecting Cyanide

    2015-11-20 Some tropical crops contain cyanogenic glycosides, toxic substances that release hydrocyanic acid (HCN; also referred to as cyanide) when cells are crushed. Consuming these plants without cooking them can cause cyanide poisoning, with varying effects depending on cyanide levels and how long a...
    Cyanide Cassava Chaya Human Health Nutrition Health and Nutrition

  4. Aflatoxin in the Diet Makes the Progression of HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Much Worse

    2009-04-01 In many developing countries, there is no or little governmental regulation of and inspection for aflatoxin in foods and feeds. Even if there is governmental control in food processing, there is no oversight of food sold in markets or consumed right on the farm. The result is that humans are...
    Human Health HIV/AIDS Health Nutrition

  5. How Can a Diet Rich in Phosphorus Lead to Phosphorus Deficiency and Other Deficiencies?

    2009-04-01 Phosphorus in the hulls of plant seeds, especially legumes and grains, is bound up in an organic molecule called phytic acid. In addition to the bound phosphorus, phytic acid can interrupt the body’s ability to utilize minerals found in food. Unless the phytic acid molecule is broken down, either...
    Health and Nutrition Health Human Health Malnutrition Phosphorus

  6. Trace Elements and Human Health

    2013-04-20 Sometimes the smallest of things can impact human health beyond all proportion to their size. Trace elements are an example of this. Trace elements in an amount that is either above or below certain thresholds in soil, animal feed, or the human diet can have important impacts on the health of...
    Trace Elements Human Health Retort Lead Arsenic Mercury Selenium Deficiency Cadmium

  7. Selenium and Human Health

    2015-01-20 Selenium (Se), along with iron, zinc, and iodine, is one of a number of essential micronutrients that must be consumed in sufficient amounts in order to maintain human health. Selenium is part of a number of proteins within the human body that play an important role in protecting our bodies from...
    Human Health Micronutrients HIV/AIDS Health and Nutrition

  8. Trace Elements and Human Health

    2010-12-20
    Trace Elements Human Health

  9. Ebola Prevention in Lingala (accent from DR Congo)

    Bokono ya Ebola ezali bokono oyo ezali ko bundisa bomoyi, ewuti na virus oyo ebengami na kombo ya Ebola. Kino sikoyo ezali na kisi te to pe manguele te po na kobikisa na bokono yango. Atako bokono yanga ezali dangeureux pe ekoki ko boma na tangu mokuse, tokoki ko arreter transmission na ngo. Ko...
    SAWBO Human Health Ebola

  10. Komi batela pona ozwa malaria te: Moustiquaires na Lingala (accent ya RD Congo)

    Malaria ezali bokono oyo ewuti na microbe oyo epesamaka na bato à partir ya koswama ya ngungi ya mwasi na kombo ya Anopheles. Ba signes to symptômes ya malaria ezali: ba fièvre makasi, kolenga, libumu pasi, mutu pasi, pe kolemba. Soki ozali na ba signes oyo, kende na lombangu na centre de santé...
    SAWBO Human Health Malaria