The digestive system at Faqs.org.
A good overview, with text and images, on all the organs of the digestive system and their work, the digestive diseases, a glossary and additional readings.
Do you know how long takes an apple to be digested?
About a 90% of your cells are not yours: they are bacteria, most of which live in your intestines. Learn why. You can also listen to the embedded audio version of the article.
Whether you call it grumbling, rumbling, gurgling or growling, from time to time everybody's belly chimes in. Learn why.
Cooking and cognition: how humans got so smart.
Learn how cooking improved our digestive efficiency and spurted our brain development.
The respiratory system at Faqs.org.
A good overview, with text and images, on all the organs of the respiratory system and their functions, the respiratory disorders, a glossary and additional readings.
The cardiovascular system at Faqs.org.
A good overview, with text and images, on all the organs of the circulatory system and their work, the blood, the cardiovascular disorders, a glossary and additional readings.
Detailed description of the composition and the function of the human blood. It contains two animations that start on page load… you might want to stop and restart them after reading the texts.
A set of eight photos related to the heart and its working.
The urinary system at Faqs.org.
A good overview, with text and images, on all the organs of the urinary system and their functions, the urinary diseases, a glossary and additional readings.
A wide overview, with text and images, on food groups, nutrients, dietary habits, diets, eating disorders, a glossary and additional readings.
A lot of interesting and detailed info about the main human nutrients. It contains some images and one animation that starts on page load… you might want to stop and restart it after reading the texts.
How to calculate how many calories you need to eat to lose weight?
The key to fat loss is first figuring out how many calories you should be taking in each day. Learn how.
Freezing, canning, salting… Detailed info on these and other commonly used food preservation techniques.
Sort food facts from fiction, separate the good information from the bad, to make eating healthy just a little bit easier.
Excellent chart showing how much scientific evidence there is for popular health supplements.
A website meant to empower consumers with information about the healing power of foods.
