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.
Chicken is often cited as a healthy food for both general health and dieting, as it is rich in protein and provides minimal fat. In addition to these characteristics, chicken also offers a number of micronutrients -- vitamins and minerals -- including iron.
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The bell-shaped European pear, Pyrus communis, and the round Asian pear, Pyrus pyrifolia, are both true pears in the same plant genus. This means that you can also enjoy them in similar ways: fresh, cooked or preserved.
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Soybeans are a unique type of vegetable because they are one of only a few types that provide a complete protein, meaning they contain all the essential amino acids. You can eat soybeans in a variety of ways including cooked, as part of tofu, or dry roasted.
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In chemistry, the pH scale measures how acidic or alkaline something is. Generally speaking, the pH value of water does not directly affect human health, although it can have an indirect effect by corroding plumbing, which leaches metals into the water.
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Maintaining healthy lipid levels is crucial for overall well-being. Low lipid risks include fatty acid deficiency, low cholesterol, and hypolipidemia. Learn about the importance of dietary fat and cholesterol, and how to prevent abnormal LDL and HDL cholesterol levels.
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Originating in Italy, balsamic vinegar is a wine vinegar made from grapes that have been crushed, fermented and aged. Its sweet, pungent taste and mellow acidity make it a condiment for salad dressings and marinating.
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Salvia hispanica and salvia columbariae, more commonly known as chia, are flowering plants in the mint family originating from Central America and Northern America, respectively.
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Too much caffeine might have several side effects, but clinical evidence suggests that joint pain isn't one of them. Joint pain has several potential causes, mostly associated with forms of arthritis, such as gout and rheumatoid arthritis.
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If you don't have a setup for smoking meat, a smoker and barbecue grill, you might feel you can't have homemade smoked ribs or roast. However, you can do small-scale meat smoking in your oven with just a few supplies.
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Spinach packs a powerful nutrient punch, whether you eat it fresh or cooked. While it may seem that cooked spinach contains more nutrients if you measure it cup for cup, this isn't really a fair comparison since it takes about 6 cups of fresh spinach to get 1 cup of cooked spinach.
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In 1996, Peter J. D'Adamo's book "Eat Right 4 Your Type: The Individualized Diet Solution to Staying Healthy, Living Longer & Achieving Your Ideal Weight" introduced dieters to the Blood Type diet, a health and weight management plan based on your blood type: A, B, AB or O.
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Cranberry juice has several benefits for your body, but too much can counteract these beneficial effects. You can purchase 100 percent cranberry juice or cranberry juice cocktail, which usually contains less than 33 percent actual fruit juice, meaning it may not have the same benefits as 100 percent juice.
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Olive oil, one of the healthiest fats, because it can help lower total cholesterol, LDL -- or bad -- cholesterol, and even help control Type II diabetes. However, it is indeed possible to get too much of a good thing.
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Kombucha is a beverage that is derived from the fermentation of yeast and bacteria. It has been lauded for its distinctive, sour vinegary taste and potential, though undocumented, health benefits. When brewing Kombucha, care should be taken to ensure that the resulting product complies with health and safety standards.
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Creatine supplementation has been shown to increase strength, power and exercise capacity in strength-training individuals, according to New York University Langone Medical Center. But the key to maximizing the benefits of creatine is to focus on what food and drink youβre consuming along with the supplement.
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While vinegar does provide a number of health benefits for the body, you don't need to drink it to get those benefits. Vinegar helps you fight against free radicals, is good for digestion, and may help you get to a healthy weight.
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Similar to cooking with a microwave, infrared cooking uses electromagnetic energy, or EM, to heat your food. Infrared is a form of light energy, which is not part of the visible spectrum. With new models of infrared outdoor grills on the market, some are questioning the safety of these high-powered cooking devices.
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Magnesium chloride is a supplemental form of the mineral magnesium, which you rely on for the maintenance of several important body functions. Your doctor may recommend use of this supplement if you have a magnesium deficiency or if you experience a heart attack.
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That the same spice can have different names is nothing new; for example, cumin is sometimes called comino in areas such as Texas. Spices can also take different forms, such as onion powder and dehydrated onion bits.
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More than 50 percent of all Americans take vitamins, says the National Institutes of Health, and this number had been relatively solid for about 10 years at the time of publication. The most popular vitamins on the market are B-complex, vitamins C and E.
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