It might sound counterintuitive, but increasing fiber aids both diarrhea- predominant and constipation-predominant IBS. âFiber has water-holding capacity, so it bulks up the stool,â says Keith Bruninga, MD, a gastroenterologist at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, explaining how it can ease diarrhea.
Definition of RESPIRATION for Kids. 1. : the act or process of breathing: the inhaling of oxygen and the exhaling of carbon dioxide. 2. : the process by which cells use oxygen to break down sugar and obtain energy. the physical and chemical processes (as breathing and diffusion) by which an organism supplies its cells and tissues with the oxygen needed for metabolism and relieves them of the carbon dioxide formed in energy-producing reactions. 3. : cellular respiration.
Definition. Respiration is the metabolic process of most living things in which food molecules (glucose) are turned into usable energy for the cell (ATP). It is the anti-process to photosynthesis, in which plants use sunlight and carbon dioxide to build food molecules, releasing oxygen as a waste product. During aerobic respiration, oxygen is present, and helps the process to crank out energy very efficiently. Some organisms can also undergo anaerobic respiration, in which oxygen is absent and a somewhat less efficient method of metabolism takes place.