Venomous caterpillars
Biology

Venomous caterpillars, the effects and usage of their venom

Caterpillar is the larval stage of butterflies and moths. These animals are widespread in various ecosystems. Upon contact with the skin, some caterpillars release venoms and cause reactions, such as itching, pain, even a systemic response. Actual symptoms depend on the species, the amount of toxin that enters the body and the victim’s physical condition …

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Bioluminescence
Biology

Everything about bioluminescence

Bioluminescence is light produced by a chemical reaction. This reaction is a type chemiluminescence that runs inside a living organism. As all metabolic activities running in a cell, this process is precisely coordinated and controlled. Thus it is a cold light, this means that it’s more than 80 % effective and less than 20 % of the …

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vitamin D sources
Biology Health Nutrition

Vitamin D source in plants, algae and mushrooms

Vitamins are organic compounds essential for normal physiological and metabolic functioning of the body in small quantities. Vitamins are a large group of micronutrients, mostly derived from diets with a few exceptions. These micronutrients usually exist in complexes and thus cannot be obtained from a single dietary source. Functionally, vitamins are involved in various metabolic …

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801010 diet
Health Lifestyle Nutrition

80/10/10 diet and lifestyle

First let’s explain what these numbers mean, they represent a ratio our diet should consist of: 80 % carbohydrates – 10 % protein – 10 % fatty acids. Consisting mostly or entirely of raw food (that’s an individual’s choice). With 80/10/10 it’s not about renunciation. Nutrition is a constant effort and is easy to missinterpret …

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Fungi in ecosystems
Biology environment

Fungi in ecosystems

Fungi have existed roughly 5/6 of the earth’s existance. They have had a lot of time to adapt to every environment on earth. For comparison, the humanoid species has existed 0,01 % of earth’s time (from the first speciments of the genus to Homo sapiens). Fungi are everywhere – they are so widespread, they make …

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