Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
Excessive amounts of sodium chloride, commonly known as salt, may raise your blood pressure, increasing your risk of heart attack and stroke. If you have kidney disease, too much potassium is detrimental.
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Nutrients, by definition, are the food components that sustain your body's normal functions. They not only provide energy for vital metabolic reactions but also supply the building materials for normal structure, growth and repair.
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The reishi mushroom, also known as Ganoderma lucidum or lingzhi, is used in traditional Asian medicine to treat a wide variety of health conditions from cancer to hypertension.
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Mint tea, made from peppermint leaves, is common to Middle Eastern cultures and other cultures worldwide.
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Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that can invade the female reproductive system. Most often fibroids occur during the middle to late childbearing years. They are often non-symptomatic but occasionally can cause extreme pain. Fibroids can also hinder fertility in many women.
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Whether you get your dietary protein from milk or eggs, consuming protein from these foods is an efficient way to meet your dietary protein -- and amino acid -- needs. The protein in milk varies slightly from protein found in eggs, but advantages and disadvantages exist for each.
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Blue-green algae products are popular for weight loss, being taken to lower cholesterol and for cancer prevention. The blue-green species in its natural dried state is used as a food source in some parts of the world. In supplement form, it is used as a nutritional boost.
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If you're avoiding wheat due to gluten intolerance, you may have considered using an alternative flour such as tapioca flour. Also known as tapioca starch, this flour has a slightly sweet flavor and is used to thicken sauces and make baked goods when combined with other flours.
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Salmonella is one of the most common types of food poisoning in the United States, with about 42,000 cases reported each year. Unfortunately, you can't tell just by looking at a food or smelling it if it is contaminated with salmonella. This can be determined only by a laboratory test.
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According to MayoClinic.com, the human body requires specific levels of both vitamins and minerals in order to function correctly. You can maintain proper vitamin levels by eating a healthy, well-balanced diet in accordance with nutritional guidelines outlined by the Food and Drug Administration.
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Gelatin capsules, also known as soft gels, have an outer coating or shell containing the active ingredient and any filler. The interior ingredients must be in the form of a liquid, paste or suspension, which has small particles of the active ingredient suspended in liquid.
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Soy flour is derived from roasted soybeans finely grounded into a powder. It is a rich source of proteins, as well as iron, B vitamins and calcium, and it adds a pleasant texture and flavor to a variety of products, according to SoyFoods.com.
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Brown rice is high in nutrients such as manganese, thiamine, niacin, phosphorus and magnesium, and white rice is often enriched, so it is a good source of folate, niacin, thiamine, iron, selenium and manganese.
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What you used to eat may have contributed to your high cholesterol, but what you eat now can help lower your numbers. High cholesterol affects one-third of U.S. adults, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and is a risk factor for heart disease.
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Food, supplements and medications are all capable of causing side effects. In the case of cream of tartar, a common item used in cooking, you don't have to worry much about food sources. Side effects are unlikely when consumed in typical amounts found in food.
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Whether silky-smooth and cold-smoked, served over a cream cheese-smeared bagel, or as the hot-smoked, richly flaky, rosy-pink centerpiece of a charcuterie platter, smoked salmon is a culinary indulgence that can easily be purchased in regular grocery stores as well as specialty food shops.
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Green tea is made from the unfermented leaves of the Camellia sinensis shrub. Rose tea is made from either rose petals or rose hips, the swollen seeds. Green tea with rose is the combination of green tea leaves and dry rose petals or hips. Both green tea and rose hips provide many health benefits.
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Vitamin H, another name for biotin, is part of the group of B vitamins. Biotin is a critical nutrient for producing fuel for cells and supporting cell growth.
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Native to India and grown in the United States since 1835, according to the "Alternative Field Crops Manual," the mung bean holds its own against other nutrient-rich legumes.
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The next time you feel winded it might not be because you're out of shape -- low potassium levels can also contribute to shortness of breath, also called "dyspnea."
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