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.

Diet and Nutrition Fruits and Vegetables Eggs and Dairy Beverages Cooking and Baking Main Dishes Desserts and Snacks Appetizers, Soups and Salads Breads and Breakfasts World and Regional Cuisine
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Cooking Chickpeas in a Slow Cooker With Baking Soda

Published Apr,17 2018  |  By Michelle Kerns

While you can cook them successfully on the stovetop, preparing them in a slow cooker is simple, requires little oversight and, with the optional addition of baking soda, yields soft, easily digestible legumes.

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1,600-Calorie DASH Diet

Published Apr,16 2018  |  By Anne Danahy

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH, diet is based on research from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

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1,200-Calorie DASH Diet

Published Apr,16 2018  |  By Jill Corleone, RDN, LD

A 1,200-calorie DASH diet can help you lose those unwanted pounds. Include a variety of healthy foods from all the food groups.

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15 Tips to Store Your Food So It Will Last Longer

Published Apr,13 2018  |  By Caroline Kaufman, MS, RDN

Have you ever opened a crisper drawer to find wilting herbs, soggy onions or a lifeless tomato? Tossed out sprouted potatoes, rancid flax meal, dried-up garlic or suspicious eggs? Here's how you should store your food so it will last longer.

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10 Things All Vegetarians Can Totally Relate To

Published Apr,13 2018  |  By Sharon Palmer, RDN

Being a vegetarian is pretty awesome! It's not about what you're missing out on, but what you're choosing to focus on instead — whole-food, plant-based meals that leave you smiling and satisfied.

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Mesomorph Female Diet

Published Apr,13 2018  |  By Andrea Cespedes

Everyone's body is unique, but your shape usually falls into one of three specific categories: ectomorph, endomorph or mesomorph.

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Calories in Costco Food Court Items

Published Apr,13 2018  |  By Dustin Bogle

Learn more about the nutritional information for several popular offerings at the Costco food court, including pizza, frozen yogurt, churros and fruit smoothies.

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10 Essential Foods for Men

Published Apr,11 2018  |  By Katherine Brooking

Good nutrition is important for everyone, but not every guy is getting the message. Fruit and vegetable consumption is coming up short, and about 35 percent of men over the age of 20 are obese.

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