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.
Dietary fiber is the undigested portion of plants that provide bulk to your diet and your stools. A high-fiber diet can help relieve symptoms of constipation, diverticulosis, and diarrhea while decreasing cardiovascular disease risks. Learn how soluble and insoluble fibers work together to promote bowel health.
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When it comes to drinking soda, diet is better in terms of sugar and calorie content when compared to regular soda. Diet soda, however, comes with its own set of risks, and it's partly the artificial sweeteners that make the beverage a poor dietary choice.
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Over the years, pumpkin pie desserts have crowned many a holiday table. If you lead a busy lifestyle, purchasing a pre-cooked pumpkin pie dessert can be a real time-saver. Costco is a wholesale retailing outfit with stores worldwide.
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When a cake recipe or box mix calls for vegetable oil but there's none in the pantry, canola oil seems like a handy substitute. Canola oil substitutes for vegetable oil in most recipes, including cakes, while keeping just a few principles in mind.
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The pain you feel in your chest after eating a high-fat meal may not be your heart telling you to eat better, but may be your lower esophageal sphincter losing pressure. Your esophagus has two sphincters, upper and lower.
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Boudin is a type of sausage native to France. The dish became popular in Louisiana and Cajun cuisine after being introduced by the French.
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Eggs are used in baking as a binder for the rest of the ingredients, for leavening, and to provide texture to baked goods. Cookies in particular have better texture when eggs are included.
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A member of the legume family, lupine seeds -- sometimes called lupins or lupini beans -- make a healthful addition to your diet, and you can consume them on their own or use ground, dried lupini beans as a replacement for flour.
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Safe drinking water is essential to life. People in the U.S. often take safe drinking water for granted, but there are situations in which your water supply can become contaminated.
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If you happen to be near a Hispanic market and are looking for a new food to add to your repertoire, you might want to consider giving malanga a try. A tropical root vegetable from South America, malanga is good baked, mashed or roasted.
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Apricots are high in vitamins A and C, potassium, calcium, iron, phosphorus and fiber, making them a healthy addition to any diet. Their sweet taste and soft texture complement a variety of foods; in particular, they are delicious in pies and cobblers, and work well with pork and poultry.
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There is a lot of mystery surrounding water – especially when it comes to how much you should drink. Water is absolutely vital for your body’s good health, since around 60 percent of your body weight is water. Dehydration is dangerous, but people can also – on rare occasions – drink too much water.
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Shave fat and calories from your favorite pulled pork recipe by swapping a pork sirloin roast for the pork shoulder roast that's traditionally used.
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Teenagers need more calories per day than any other age group because they're active and growing quickly, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Boys need about 2,800 calories per day, and girls need 2,200.
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With some foods, taste and a healthy diet are competing goals. When your meal includes lobster, however, you get both. Replace liquid butter with a squirt of lemon juice and lobster becomes a meal with less fat than beef, pork or chicken.
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Probiotics represent a form of supplemental "good" bacteria that inhabit your colon. If you are healthy, follow a well-balanced diet and void of serious digestive disease the use of probiotics is unnecessary. If this is not the case you may benefit from supplemental forms of probiotics in your diet.
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The Animal Pak dietary supplement is a product manufactured by Universal Nutrition, a sports nutrition company founded in 1977. Animal Pak is "your nutritional insurance,"
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Cooked tomato products can be many different things, including stewed tomatoes, tomato paste, tomato sauce and ketchup. Tomatoes fall into the category of red and orange vegetables, and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 recommends people eat more of them.
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Sodium plays a critical role in the regulation of your major bodily functions. How much or how little fluid you retain, as well as the functioning of your nervous system and your muscles all depend on sodium. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for American published by the U.S.
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Water is the essence of life and is key to maintaining good health. Sixty percent of your body weight comes from water, and it is a necessary chemical component to keep your bodily systems functioning properly.
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