Nutritional health is achieved through the therapeutic use of whole foods, safe culinary preparation, and understanding the metabolic impacts of specific dietary frameworks and ingredients.
A large amount of visceral fat -- the fat that forms between your internal organs -- swells your abdomen and gives you a more prominent belly. Even if you have little excess subcutaneous fat, the kind you can pinch under your skin, you can still carry excess visceral fat.
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If you like baking your own loaves of bread using a bread maker, there's no need to put the machine on a shelf now that you're on a low-carb diet. Use recipes featuring low-carb flours, such as coconut, almond or soy, to create a variety of breads that fit your diet plan. You'll still count "net"
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Deer meat is naturally low in fat but high in protein. While it's a red meat, it has a calorie, protein, fat and cholesterol content similar to salmon.
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Wrapping a pork loin in foil before baking helps keep it from drying out as it cooks. Pork loin comes from the top of the leg to the shoulder of a pig and can be either boneless or bone-in, although the boneless variety, rolled or tied, is what you're likely to find at the grocery store.
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Tri tip roast, also known as triangle roast, is cut from the bottom sirloin and is a fairly small roast, usually weighing only 1 1/2 to 2 pounds. Tri tip roasts, unlike chuck roasts, are naturally tender and don't require a long cooking time to tenderize them.
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A turkey breast cooked in a convection oven develops a crisp skin that helps seal in juices, so the meat stays moist as it roasts to perfect tenderness. Convection cooking speeds up the roasting process by circulating heated oven air around the food with a simple fan in the back of the oven.
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Few menu items are as simple and flavorful for feeding a large group as shredded pork. Use shredded pork in barbecued pork sandwiches or as the basis for green chile or burritos.
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A round or eye of round steak comes from the rear end of the cow. Because the muscles in this area get a lot of use, cuts from this section are leaner and tougher than many others. While this means a lower fat content and fewer calories than better marbled cuts, it also means fewer good cooking options.
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A London broil is an dish in which seasoned or marinated flank steak is cooked quickly in the oven under high heat, but using a slow cooker is an option.
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Tamales contain meat, vegetables and seasonings tucked inside a tender dough wrapped in a corn husk and tied closed. The corn husk protects the tamale during steaming, while also providing its own serving container. Steaming tamales, as opposed to baking them, keeps the dough soft and tender.
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Beef loin tri-tip steak, also known as triangle steak, is cut from the sirloin region of the beef. Tri-tip steak is generally lean, tender and reasonably priced. Because the steak is relatively moist, it is a good candidate for oven broiling.
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Swai fish is catfish farmed in Southeast Asia, but sold in American stores as affordable packaged fillets. It is closely related to basa fish, a type of catfish, and can substitute for it or for flounder or tilapia in recipes.
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A T-bone steak contains a T-shaped bone in the center. It is made up of two different cuts, one on either side of the bone, the strip steak and the tenderloin. T-bone steak is tender and juicy with medium fat content that helps the meat retain flavor.
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Nine of every 10 food allergies results from sensitivity to any one of eight foods, the U. S. Food and Drug Administration reports. Tree walnuts and other tree nuts are among these eight food allergens. A walnut allergy typically lasts a lifetime.
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Use a dehydrator to make crispy potatoes similar in texture -- but healthier -- than salted-and-fried potato chips. Potatoes have as much or more potassium than bananas, broccoli or spinach. They are also a source of vitamin C, magnesium, iron and zinc.
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Frown lines can make you look older and stern. They are caused by small muscles between your eyebrows and in your forehead, an area called the glabella. Frowning and squinting contract those muscles, almost as if you are deliberately exercising them.
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A skillet or grill pan on the stove top offers an alternative method to grilling your burgers. The goal is a juicy hamburger patty that is cooked through but is not burned on the outside. The way you prepare the patty and the handling of the meat in the pan affects the outcome.
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Its dense, heavy texture isn't the only thing distinguishing Greek from American-style yogurt. A straining process that removes liquid increases Greek yogurt's protein content between 40 and 80 percent, notes Ohio State University's editor Martha Filipic.
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Reach for a cup of tea when your stomach gets upset or bloated after a big meal. A post-prandial cup of herbal tea provides a natural, time-honored remedy for noisy and poofy tummies without the side-effects of manufactured chemical compounds. Try mint, chamomile or ginger.
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Questions over the proper way to brew tea can fuel contentious debate. Tea bags or loose-leaf, there is no shortage of arguments and adamant supporters on both sides. When it comes to whether a tea bag should be left in the cup or removed while drinking tea, a partial truce can be declared.
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