Day: April 17, 2015

Enhancing Your Health: What Is Protein and What Do We Need It For?

What Is Protein and What Do We Need It For? By Luz Mejia I have been asked to comment about proper protein nutrition for vegetarians, but before I comment on that topic, I would like to share some information about protein. Protein is an essential part of nutrition, second only to water in the body’s physical composition. Protein makes up about 20 percent of our body weight and is a primary component of our muscles, hair, nails, skin, eyes, and internal organs—especially the heart (muscle) and brain. Our immune defense system requires protein, especially for the formation of antibodies...

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Book Review: The Palgrave Handbook of Experiential Learning in International Business

Editors: Vas Taras and Maria Alejandra Gonzales-Perez Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan – 900 pages Book Review by: Sonu Chandiram The core thesis of this book is that the basis of all learning is experience. If you read, you are essentially learning from the experience of the writer, of some event. If you watch a movie or a television program, the author has put his experiences down on paper and the script writer has adapted the writing to enable it for easier use in the electronic media. It is generally agreed that there is no better way to learn than through...

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