Category: H

  • Half water tempo

    Performing water tempo movements with a bounce every other water beat. There are options for placement of the bounce—“doubles” and “bounce center.”  

  • Horticultural varieties

    As in cultivars.  

  • Hypocitraturia

    Low amount of citrate in the urine, a risk factor for kidney stone formation. A decrease in urinary citrate excretion. It increases the likelihood that calcium containing salts will crystallize in urine and produce obstruction to urinary flow by stones.  

  • Hyperlipidemia

    Elevated levels of cholesterol. Characterised by enhanced lipid values in the blood; triglycerides (>160 mg/100 ml) and cholesterol (>260 mg/100 ml). An increase of fat levels in the blood. Generally, excessive levels of saturated fats in the blood. A group of metabolic disorders that involves abnormally high levels of cholesterol (especially low-density lipoproteins, or LDLs)…

  • Hypercholesterolemia or hypercholesterol

    Elevated levels of cholesterol.  

  • Homocysteine

    An amino acid; higher amounts of it in the blood have been associated with increased risk for cardiovascular disease. A sulphur amino acid formed as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine; it is demethylated methionine. Normally present at only low concentration (e.g. less than 10 pM in serum or plasma). High blood concentrations of…

  • Hemorrhagic stroke

    Stroke cause by the bursting of a blood vessel inside the brain. Sudden bleeding in the brain that disrupts the supply of nutrients to the brain.  

  • High-glycemic foods or high glycemic index

    Carbohydrates that release energy quickly and result in fluctuations in blood glucose and insulin levels.  

  • Hydroxyproline

    A hydroxylated form of the imino acid proline. A deficiency in ascorbic acid can result in impaired hydroxyproline formation. Amino acid found mainly in connective tissue proteins (collagen and elastin); incorporated into the protein as proline and then hydroxylated in a vitamin C-dependent reaction. Peptides of hydroxyproline are excreted in the urine and the output…

  • Hydroxylysine

    A hydroxylated derivative of the amino acid lysine that is present in certain collagens. Amino acid found only in connective tissue proteins (collagen and elastin); incorporated into the protein as lysine and then hydroxylated in a vitamin C-dependent reaction. An amino acid in collagen. A special form of lysine that is made after the lysine…