Food & Nutrition: Culinary Techniques, Diets & Metabolic Health

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.

ice cream

Ice Cream & Ketosis

Whether you're following a low-carb diet for weight loss or to manage seizures, you know the goal is to stay in ketosis, which is when your body is using fat for fuel in the form of ketones instead of glucose.

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Bulgur pilaf and Greek yogurt

Can You Eat Bulgur Wheat With Diabetes?

Bulgur, also called bulgar or bulghur, is a grain product made from crushed wheat kernels. It provides iron, zinc and niacin, and you can eat it as a side dish, in salads and as a hot breakfast cereal.

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Are Sulfites Good for Your Health?

Humans produce about 1,000 milligrams of sulfites each day, but sulfites are also used as a food presevative for several foods, including wine and dried fruit. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies sulfites as "generally recommended as safe,"

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Can You Get Thirsty After Eating a High-Carb Meal?

Feeling thirsty after eating a large amount of carbs is often a symptom of diabetes, a group of diseases in which the body does not make enough insulin or cannot use the insulin it makes to regulate blood sugar levels.

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Sliced medium rare grilled steak Ribeye with rosemary

Nausea From Eating Meat

Nausea from eating meat might be a reaction to bacteria in the meat, or it might be something in your body rejecting the meat. For example, pregnant women often find that eating too much meat makes them nauseous.

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Raw beef chuck eye.

How to Braise Mock Tender Steaks

Mock tender steak is known by many different names. According to the Texas Beef Council, grocery stores can label it as chuck eye steak, chuck filet steak, chuck tender steak or fish steak. The steak is cut from the mock tender roast, which comes from the chuck part of the cow.

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Amount of Carrot Juice to Be Taken Daily

One-hundred percent carrot juice has more nutritional value than soft drinks, which get most of their calories from added sugar. However, the problem with fruit and vegetable juices is that they add liquid calories to your diet — and this can result in weight gain.

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How to Eat Taro Root

Taro root is a root vegetable that resembles a potato and originated in Asia. You can find taro root in some grocery stores year-round, or in specialty Asian stores. Taro root is starchy like a potato, and you can prepare it similarly to potatoes in many dishes.

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How to Drink Cabernet Sauvignon

A full-bodied red wine originally from the Bordeaux region of France and grows in California's Napa and Sonoma valleys, cabernet sauvignon pairs well with lamb, beef, rabbit and strong-flavored meats.

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Glutamate Deficiency

Nerve cells use chemicals called neurotransmitters to communicate. When an impulse reaches the end of a nerve, it releases the neurotransmitter into the gap, called a synapse, between two nerves. The neurotransmitter passes the message from the first nerve across the synapse to the next nerve.

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Garlic For HPV

Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is the leading sexually transmitted infection in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 40 types of this virus can affect men’s and women’s genital areas, leading to genital warts.

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Sports Drink...Caution

The Dangers of Zipfizz Liquid Shot

The Zipfizz liquid shot is a low-calorie energy drink that is purported to provide up to six hours of energy. This low-carbohydrate, sugar-free drink contains caffeine as well as B vitamins and other nutrients that may help enhance your alertness and energy levels.

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Benefits From Eating Cooked Cabbage

Cooked cabbage contains several nutrients that have health benefits, making it a good addition to a well-balanced meal plan. Cabbage loses some of its nutrition when cooked for long periods of time and keeping temperature and cooking times moderate will preserve as much as possible.

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How to Cook Large Asian Pearl Tapioca

Large Asian pearl tapioca is used in desserts, like old-fashioned tapioca pudding and in Taiwanese bubble, or boba, tea. Cooking methods vary, but cooking completely is essential to achieve a desirable texture, rather than a starchy and unappealing dish.

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Can the Human Body Digest Red Meat?

Red meat is a good source of zinc, which helps keep your immune system and skin healthy. It also contains more iron than most other foods while also being rich in B vitamins you need for making blood and maintaining nerve cells. According to registered dietician Glenn King, the human body can digest red meat.

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How to Cook Potato Sausages

Potato sausage – also called potatis korv - is a dull, grey-colored Swedish sausage you should enjoy only in tight moderation. Although tasty, a 3-oz.

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Vitamin B-12 Deficiency & Bruising

Vitamin B-12 is an essential, water-soluble vitamin needed for the formation of healthy blood cells, DNA and neurological functioning. It’s found naturally in abundance in animal products like fish, chicken, eggs, milk and meat. It’s also added to fortified cereals.

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