Vitamins and minerals are required for the body as essential energy elements. They are important to keep the body healthy and providing it with balanced health status. A healthy person requires them as well as an ill person. People with a disease have more body requirements for the intake of vitamins and minerals than a normal healthy person. They are not an ...

Peptic ulcer and its causes Peptic ulcer is referred to the injury of the gastrointestinal tract where the digestive juice called the gastric juice comes into direct contact with the mucous lining. So far, the exact cause for the ulcer is not known. The aggressive factors for the cause of ulcer are hydrochloric acid, pepsin, bile acids, smoking, alcohol and stomach emptying at all ...

What is malabsorption syndrome? Malabsorption syndrome is the deficiency of the body to absorb variable degrees of number of nutrients like vitamins, fats, proteins and carbohydrates. The malabsorption syndrome causes ill health, anemia and steatorrhea. The malabsorption syndrome can occur due to some of the following factors. Due to gluten sensitivity, diffuse of small bowel mucosal injury, tuberculosis and other diseases involving the wall ...