Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
If you have started reading the ingredients list on your food packaging, you may have noticed a long and unfamiliar word, maltodextrin. It is a common food additive made from starchy foods, such as rice, corn, and wheat.
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Whatever you eat, it travels through your mouth, down your esophagus and into your stomach. But if you have acid reflux, things can get painful.
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Chickpeas. Avocados. Spinach. No, we're not making a salad. We're talking desserts! We spent hours in the kitchen concocting seriously delicious desserts out of good-for-you, whole-food ingredients. We slashed the sugar, but not the yumminess. Scout’s honor!
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Snacking is the norm in America. It contributes about a quarter of total daily calorie intake for adults.
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Meghan Markle's diet is the perfect balance of healthy eating and occasional indulgence. Here is what Meghan eats every day!
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While a few of the cortisol-blocking ingredients may help you lose a few pounds — and some products also contain fat burners to boost the effect — don't expect huge results with supplements alone.
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Losing excess weight helps your body regulate blood sugar better. Follow a 1,200-calorie plan under your doctor's supervision, because this is a very low-calorie diet.
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You don't have to stick to cucumber slices served plain — you can include cucumber in a range of delicious weight loss-friendly dishes.
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There are some foods that are best avoided while grappling with pancreatic cancer. Consulting with a nutritionist for dietary tips is helpful after a pancreatic cancer diagnosis.
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Chewing sugar-free gum slightly boosts metabolism. Researchers from the University of Rhode Island found that those who chewed sugar-free gum for three 20-minute intervals consumed 67 fewer calories that day and had a 5 percent increase in their metabolism.
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Also known as hyaluronan or sodium hyaluronate, hyaluronic acid is a compound naturally found in the body. It's a major part of tissue health and helps fill the space between the tissues and skin.
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Here's what to look for when you buy protein powder — and what to avoid. Steer clear of these 5 harmful additives.
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Women have special nutritional requirements: A woman's multivitamin should have adequate folic acid, calcium, iron, vitamin D, and magnesium.
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Contrary to outdated research indicating that elevated levels of DHT play a role in prostate cancer development, recent research in 2017 published in Endocrine Reviews shows there is no association between high DHT levels and prostate cancer.
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You pay special attention to what you put in your suitcase before traveling, but do you do the same for what you put in your body before flying?
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Every summer barbecue has room for a few healthy dishes that will keep guests happy and your body looking and feeling good.
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While green tea and coffee both have caffeine, coffee has a significantly greater amount per cup. Coffee and green tea have other nutrients in them that have been linked with significant health benefits.
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There's no black-and-white answer to this question, but by examining the ingredients, you can have a better understanding of what you’re getting and thus choose the options to make your next Chipotle outing a healthier one.
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New Mexico State University is home to the Chile Pepper Institute (which holds the rare and laudable distinction of being the only interesting institute in the world.
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It’s always good to question commonly held ideas or beliefs that are touted as facts. Sometimes “facts” are not facts at all, but just ideas that are repeated again and again by influential groups so that over time they’re believed to be facts. This is true when it comes to diet and weight loss.
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