Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
Mucus is a thick fluid that can help lubricate your tissues and protect your mucus membranes from damage. It can be found in your nasal passages, throat, lungs, intestines, digestive system, urinary tract, reproductive tract and other body tissues.
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Once prized in the East Indies for its medicinal benefits, cardamom is now typically used as a spice to add flavor to foods. Each 2-tablespoon serving contains just 36 calories but imparts rich flavor -- a bonus when you're counting calories and want to avoid bland "diet" foods.
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Wading through the sea of weight-loss supplements can be challenging. You can spot products with misleading claims everywhere. The truth is, science has yet to discover a magic bullet. Making healthier food choices and getting plenty of physical activity is still the key to managing your weight.
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A chain restaurant with locations throughout the world, Subway offers a range of hot and cold sub sandwiches. The menu includes subs with a variety of deli meats, cheeses and toppings. Many of the sandwiches also include a sauce or dressing to enhance the flavor.
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Food provides energy for your body to function as well as nutrients to support the thousands of reactions necessary for the cells, tissues and organs to grow and develop. The term macro nutrient describes the chemical substances that provide calories for energy including carbohydrates, proteins and fats.
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The chlorine you get through your diet is mostly in the form of chloride, most of which comes from the amount of salt, or sodium chloride, you eat. Because people often get too much salt, they usually get plenty of chloride to meet their body's needs.
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Coconut oil is extracted from the fruit of coconut palm trees. The oil has many different applications, including medicinal, industrial and food preparation. People use coconut oil for cooking and nutritional fat in tropical climates where palm trees and coconuts are indigenous.
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No food you eat has a direct impact on your feet. Your diet can cause health issues, though, which make you more likely to experience joint pain, poor blood flow and nerve damage -- all of which can make foot pain happen.
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Although more common in poor and developing countries, parasite infections affect millions of Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Sausage was originally designed as an economic means of using and preserving animal meat. It usually consists of ground meat, mixed spices and salt stuffed into a casing. Most meat-based sausage products are high in calories and fat.
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A leg of lamb roast comes from a sheep that is less than a year old. Leg of lamb roast is considered a lean cut of meat, meaning it has a low fat content. When choosing your roast, select a cut that is rosy red in color and cook it until it reaches an internal temperature of 145 degrees.
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You can test fruit at home to determine the amount of vitamin C it contains by using the vitamin C titration protocol. In this experiment, iodine is the indicator. Iodine is a strong oxidant that reacts with both vitamin C and starch.
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As a nonessential amino acid, beta-alanine -- commonly known simply as alanine -- doesn't need to be part of your regular diet, as your body can synthesize it from pyrimidine compounds. However, scientific research, including a study published in June 2010 in "Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise,"
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Vitamin B-12 is a water soluble vitamin that is naturally found in animal foods such as meat, poultry, fish, milk and shellfish. Vitamin B-12 is important for the production of red blood cells and for the maintenance of healthy nerves. Lack of vitamin B-12 can lead to neurological damage and pernicious anemia.
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If you're a beer connoisseur and enjoy drinking golden lager with a spicy hop taste, you might find yourself sipping from a bottle or glass of Stella Artois. This Belgian beer is several hundred years old, but it's distributed by parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev, which is the largest brewer in the world.
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It is wise to consider the nutrition information for the beverages you consume with your meals, and eating at Taco Bell is no exception.
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A naturally occurring amino acid that your body produces on its own, L-proline may be taken in supplemental form to lower the buildup of arterial deposits and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease.
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With its ability to fuel the body and encourage muscle growth, dextrose can be used as either a weightlifting supplement or nutritional supplement for hospitalized patients. Monitoring daily calorie intake is essential for maintaining a balanced diet and ensuring adequate energy.
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L-carnitine is the biologically active form of the nonessential amino acid carnitine. Carnitine is produced in your body from the two amino acids methionine and lysine, and also is found in foods such as dairy products, meats and avocados.
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A hot flash can be described as a sensation of intense warmth across the body that may be associated with sweating, cold shivers and redness of the skin. Hot flashes occur during the day and sometimes at night as well, causing interrupted and unrefreshed sleep.
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