Proper nutrition is essential for maintaining good health, preventing chronic diseases, and improving overall well-being. Our nutritional advice services provide personalized dietary guidance to help patients achieve their health goals, manage medical conditions, and adopt sustainable healthy eating habits for long-term wellness.
Fats are energy-dense macronutrients composed of fatty acids. They are essential for energy, absorption of fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), cell membrane structure, hormone synthesis and making signalling molecules (e.g., eicosanoids).
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids: The Essential Nutrient for a Healthy Heart, Mind & Body. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential healthy fats that play a vital role in maintaining our overall health — from the heart and brain to the eyes, skin, and joints. They are called essential because the human body cannot produce them naturally; they must be obtained from food or dietary supplements.
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Proteins are long chains of amino acids — the building blocks your body uses to make and repair muscle, skin, enzymes, hormones and immune molecules. Every cell contains protein; without enough, growth, healing and normal body functions slow down. Proteins also help you feel full after a meal and are used as an energy source when needed
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Vitamin B₁₂ (cobalamin) is a water-soluble vitamin essential for DNA synthesis, red-blood-cell formation, myelin maintenance and two key enzymatic reactions (methylation/homocysteine metabolism and mitochondrial odd-chain fatty acid/propionate metabolism). Humans must obtain it from diet or supplements — it is not synthesised by the body.
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What Are Vitamins and Why Are They Important? Vitamins are essential nutrients your body needs in small amounts to function properly. They help in: • Growth and development • Building immunity • Energy production • Healthy eyes, skin, bones, and nerves • Preventing various diseases Your body cannot make most vitamins on its own — they must come from food or supplements.
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Vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol) is a secosteroid produced in skin when exposed to UVB light or obtained from diet/supplements. It is converted in the liver to 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D, calcifediol) — the main circulating form and the lab test used to assess status — and then in the kidney (and other tissues) to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (calcitriol), the active hormone that acts via the vitamin D receptor (VDR) in many cells.
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Minerals are natural nutrients your body needs in small amounts to stay strong, energetic,
and healthy.
They come from soil, water, and food, and help in growth, energy, and body balance.
They are of two types:
1.Major (Macro) minerals – needed in larger amounts.
2.Trace (Micro) minerals – needed in very small amounts but are still vital.
Dietary fiber is the part of plant food that our body cannot digest completely.
Unlike carbohydrates, proteins, or fats, fiber passes through the stomach and intestines mostly unchanged — but along the way, it performs many vital functions that support digestion, heart health, sugar control, and overall wellness.
There are mainly two types of fiber:
1. Soluble Fiber – dissolves in water and forms a gel-like substance (found in oats, barley, apples, psyllium, flaxseed, etc.)
2. Insoluble Fiber – adds bulk to stool and helps food move through the intestine (found in whole wheat, bran, and vegetables).
They act as potent modulators of muscle protein metabolism. They incorporate into cell membranes to enhance muscle protein synthesis, blunt protein breakdown, and resolve systemic inflammation, making them highly synergistic with dietary protein intake. .
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