Protica Nutritional Research

Protica Nutritional Research publishes weekly articles and white papers on advanced nutrition and health. Protica manufactures Profect protein beverage, the first capsulized food.

Policosinol and Cholesterol Reduction - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The word cholesterol has become synonymous with poor health. Indeed, one does not typically hear the word used, or see it printed, unless it points to yet another distressing fact -- that high cholesterol is the number one factor for coronary heart disease, and the number one cause of heart attacks.
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Finding the Elusive Complete-Protein Source - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Eating the appropriate composition of protein is an unusually difficult challenge for many Americans. Many protein sources are not considered complete because they do not provide all of the required amino acids necessary in order to build newer proteins. These incomplete proteins are often derived from fruit, grain, vegetable, and nut sources. However, the alternative to these incomplete protein sources such as meats and dairy present their own unique dietary challenges.
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Inactive Alert: Essential Proteins for Sedentary People - (Found June 24, 2008 )

While the value of protein in diet has been accepted and promoted within the athletic community, it has been less well disseminated within the very large sedentary population. Currently making up about 25% of Americans or 1 in every 4 people sedentary people are defined as those who undertake less than half an hour of moderate physical activity per day.
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Not All Protein is Created Equally - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Americas focus on nutritious eating began to receive national attention in the 1940s when President Roosevelt introduced the RDA, or Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) model. This model, which took on the shape of a pyramid in the 1980s (and hence now goes by the term food pyramid), has gone through a number of iterations since its inception more than 60 years ago.
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Diet Problem of the Business Traveler: Staying Fit When on the Run - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Americans of all ages live such busy, fast-paced lifestyles, that eating nutritious meals is seen as something of a luxury; to be enjoyed on special occasions or when one rarely has a few hours to prepare a complete meal. Seldom is this healthy eating challenge more pressing, however, than for the typical business traveler.
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Eating Healthy in a Time-Starved World - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Americans are literally running out of time. Achieving a work-life balance, which is still a luxury for tens of millions of working parents, has been overtaken by an even greater demand: a work-life-nutrition balance. Unfortunately, this increasing demand for nutrition has not been accompanied by a useful strategy that enables people to reclaim time from their harried lives.
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Nutrition Supplements for Aging Americans - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Within a generation, an unprecedented demographic reality will exist in the US: 1 in 5 Americans will be older than 65. This is indeed news worth celebrating, because it means that more Americans are living longer, healthier lives than ever before. Yet this trend also presents some very real health-related problems that American society must solve.
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Turning an Addictive Snack into a Complete Meal - (Found June 24, 2008 )

The proliferation of fast food restaurants, convenience stores, and vending machines in virtually every corner of residential America has created a serious nutritional problem. Snacking a harmless-sounding verb that deceptively implies something unobjectionable has reached addictive proportions.
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The Danger of Curbing Hunger Artificially - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Unhealthy eating is a harmful problem in America, and contrary to a very outdated perception, this harm is not limited to those who suffer from obesity. In reality, according to the Directors of Health Promotion and Education, the majority of Americans exhibit unhealthy eating habits, with just over one in four women and only one in five men claiming to eat the minimum five daily servings of vegetables and fruits.
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Current Dietary Recommendations in Strength Training - (Found June 24, 2008 )

Strength is the cumulative expression of the innumerable myofibrils orderly arranged to form the muscle. Strength training attempts to boost these protein motors and the biological machinery that supports them. Resistance exercises create a biochemical environment in the body wherein the turnover of proteins is optimized and the protein synthetic machinery is primed for growth. All that is needed to trigger a spurt of growth is a protein rich meal.
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