Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
Although magnesium is found in a variety of different foods, many Americans may not be getting enough of it in their diet, according to the University of Maryland Medical Center. Every organ in your body needs magnesium to function properly, and the mineral plays an essential role in energy production.
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Next time you're in the mood for a fizzy beverage to celebrate a special occasion, you may want to consider a wine spritzer instead of sparkling wine. Sparkling wines, such as Champagne, Prosecco, lambrusco and vinho verde, aren't exactly low in calories.
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The human body maintains a moderately alkaline environment, with a pH slightly above 7. This alkaline pH is crucial for chemical reactions and proper function of the lungs, kidneys, intestines and skin, and it is greatly influenced by your diet.
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The gallbladder is a small organ that sits next to the liver and is important for storing bile. Sometimes hard deposits, known as gallstones, form in the gallbladder and will clog up the ducts, resulting in intense pain.
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The nutrients in the food you eat serve as fuel for your body. Sugar absorbed into the blood acts as a source of fuel for tissues in your body, including your brain, while other nutrients like proteins are recycled to help form the human proteins found in each of your cells.
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Many arthritis patients have problems with their knee joints, including cartilage wear and tear. There are many popular supplements on the market for knee arthritis that do not require a doctor’s prescription.
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Your body produces diindolylmethane, or DIM, from substances naturally found in cruciferous vegetables. But this does not mean that DIM is always safe in supplemental form. Although it’s not associated with serious side effects, it interacts with hormones and affects genes involved in cancer.
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Genital herpes is a common, with 20 million new cases diagnosed each year according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection caused by the herpes simplex virus, or HSV.
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Vitamin B-12 is an essential vitamin in maintaining nerve cell function, red blood cell function, and in maintaining genetic material, states the MayoClinic website. Vitamin B-12 is a water-soluble vitamin excreted in the urine when the body's stores are adequate.
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Eating dried fruit is associated with lower body weight and consuming a more nutritious diet, according to a study in the June 2011 issue of “Nutrition Research.” Dried fruit is recommended as one healthy choice for filling your daily fruit requirement.
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A nutritious 2,400-calorie meal plan is built on a foundation of whole, unprocessed foods. While 2,400 calories is a high enough amount to allow for some discretionary calories to come from foods such as sugars, alcohol and extra portions, about 90 percent of calories should come from nutritious sources.
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Gray hair can be the result of a nutritional deficiency such as a lack of vitamins B-12 or B-9. However, it is also a result of the natural aging process -- as you get older, your chances of gray hair increase by 10 to 20 percent every 10 years after the age of 30.
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Consuming the correct types of foods before and after surgery is important for timely wound healing. According to the National Institutes of Health, there are two nutrients involved directly with wound healing, zinc and vitamin C. Adequate amounts of zinc are needed for the immune system to function properly.
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One in 1,000 children are affected by autism, according to the National Institutes of Health, though exact numbers and classification of autism are still murky. One of possible therapies advocated to help autism include the gluten-free, casein-free diet, called GFCF.
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The raw foods diet emphasizes eating uncooked and unprocessed foods, often those that are organic or wild-grown and foraged foods. While raw food diets tend to be vegetarian or vegan in nature, eating raw animal products is permissible if you make that choice.
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The microbiotic diet follows the principle that all food contains energy, but this energy goes far deeper than calories. When preparing a meal, you want to create a balance in the positive and negative forces found in food.
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Your baby has arrived and the joy -- as well as the challenges -- of breastfeeding kicks in. In addition to taking care of baby; however, it's important that you continue to take care of yourself as you did during pregnancy.
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Carbohydrates, one of the four macromolecules of life, can make up a large part of your diet on any given day. Carbohydrates are made up of linked sugar molecules.
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Vegetables have calories, so you could theoretically gain weight if you eat large amounts of them. However, eating veggies will typically help you shed pounds rather than make you gain, as long as you stick with lower-calorie vegetables and don't prepare them with high-calorie ingredients.
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The ketogenic diet is based on the process of ketosis, which is characterized by high levels of ketones in the blood that occur during the conversion of fats into fatty acids and ketones. The diet encourages the body to use ketones stored in fat cells more efficiently for energy, according to Diet Ketogenic.
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