Biosphere » Nutrition

On digestion

chengpuay — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 06:27:48 +0000

Good animation and summary of the digestive system by national geographic magazine.

Article on Obesity.

Good photo gallery on the digestive system.

Walking off a meal

chengpuay — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:42:08 +0000

Our body burns at a rate of 100 calories per 1.6km. So a standard thanks giving dinner, turkey and all, would mean a 42km walk afterwards to burn it off.

See this for a better picture.

Bioregulation in animals

chengpuay — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:06:05 +0000

A series of lectures on human physiology. With good diagrams.

Bioregulation in Animals

What the world eats

chengpuay — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:05:51 +0000

Interesting photo album from TIME.

What the world eats