Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
Eating too few calories will help you lose weight, but can also make you sick. The number of calories you need depends on your height, weight, age and activity level. Your basal metabolic rate, or BMR, is the minimal amount of calories you need for body functions.
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Whether bedecked with cranberries and stuffing, or thinly sliced and accompanied with a spicy mustard on rye, who can resist a perfectly cooked turkey breast? When properly prepared, turkey breast is moist inside, crispy outside and bursting with flavor.
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Whether it's nausea or diarrhea that's causing your upset stomach, eating a bowl of oatmeal may help. It's not that oatmeal contains some special nutrient that helps you feel better, but it's a bland, low-fat food that's fairly easy-to-digest, which means it makes a good choice when you're having tummy trouble.
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MayoClinic.com lauds roasting as one of the healthiest cooking methods you can employ, since it uses dry heat to soften vegetables and doesn't require any added butter or oil, which can contribute significant amounts of calories and fat to cooked foods.
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Canned albacore tuna -- also known as canned white tuna -- is a convenient way to add fish to salads and sandwiches. But convenience isn't the only reason to choose canned albacore tuna.
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While olive oil typically doesn't come with negative side-effects, it is pure fat -- which contains more than double the calories of carbohydrates or protein. Therefore, overconsumption can lead to weight gain, which may contribute to heart disease and some types of cancer, according to "
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Made from fermented apples, apple cider vinegar is a common ingredient in cooking. The potential weight-loss and health benefits of this acidic liquid, however, have led many to drink a little of it before meals.
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Sesame chicken is a common option in Chinese restaurants and is also available frozen at many grocery stores. To make the dish, the chicken is traditionally marinated in a mixture of soy sauce, sesame oil and salt before being deep-fried. The chicken is served in a sauce featuring ginger, garlic and sesame.
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By eliminating meat, fish, poultry and all animal products from their diets, vegans can experience unwanted side effects related to hormone imbalances. Although they avoid the hormones found in some meat and dairy products, vegans tend to eat higher than average amounts of hormone-like compounds in plant foods.
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Beans are eaten around the world and are valued as an inexpensive protein source. Beans also contain many other components that make them an integral part of a healthy diet. Plant estrogens found in beans are being studied by many researchers to determine their benefits and possible risks.
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Psyllium husk is native to Iran and India, and traditional medicine typically uses the seeds of the plant. In the West, most people use supplements made from the husk, a rich source of soluble fiber that can ease constipation and lower cholesterol.
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It’s unexpected and different unless you’re familiar with fruit carts in Latin America, but chili powder sprinkled on fruit makes for a pleasantly sweet-spicy combination.
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Eating one big meal a day saves time, is convenient and can feel like a feast. It’s not the healthiest way to divide up your calories, however. When you fast for most of the day and eat at just one time, you’re putting yourself at risk for conditions that range from elevated blood sugar levels to long-term obesity.
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The beverages you choose to drink can make a big difference in your weight-loss efforts. Opt for high-calorie drinks and you may find yourself gaining weight instead of losing it, since it isn't hard to consume hundreds of extra calories in a day through beverages. This doesn't mean you have to stick with just water.
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If you have an ulcer, chronic gastritis or gastroesophageal reflux disease or have recently had a surgery on your digestive tract, your doctor may place you on a bland diet. On this diet, you’ll need to avoid all foods that are spicy, highly seasoned, high in fiber or difficult to digest.
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One thing people often neglect to think about when planning a muscle-building diet is carbohydrate. As protein is the main building block of muscle tissue, it often takes center stage, but carbs are vital, too.
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Unlike Buffalo wings, which simply derive their name from the town in which they were invented -- Buffalo, N.Y. -- Buffalo mozzarella refers to the animal whose milk is used to make the cheese. Buffalo mozzarella originated in Italy, but is produced around the globe.
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Magnesium plays essential roles in the functioning of cells, tissues and organs throughout your body. If you do not have an adequate magnesium intake, either through diet or supplements, you will have an increased risk for a deficiency.
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Kids and adults alike often reach for a sports drink to rehydrate after exercising, even if their exercise session wasn't particularly long or difficult. In many cases, these drinks aren't necessary, because water is all you need unless you're participating in strenuous exercise for a long time.
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Black pepper is a nutritious and low-cal seasoning, but it won't make you lose belly fat. While preliminary evidence points to black pepper's potential benefit for fighting obesity in some cases, other studies have failed to show any fat-burning benefits.
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