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.

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Healthy Peanut Butter Snacks

Peanut butter is a healthy, energy-packed high-protein food. Although it is high in calories and fat, peanuts contain monounsaturated fat, which is much better for your heart than other types of fat.

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23 Healthy Salads Nutrition Experts Eat

Salads have so much potential -- though that’s not always a good thing. Topped with fresh vegetables, lean proteins, healthy fats, and homemade dressing, they can make the perfect nutrient-packed meal. But when words like “creamy,” “bacon,” and “cheese” are involved, their real potential is for packing on pounds.

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13 Surprising Vegetarian Sources of Protein

Whether you're a vegetarian, a vegan or just simply trying to cut down on your animal-based protein consumption, trying to figure out plant-based protein alternatives can be daunting.

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Pan fried halibut

Halibut Diet

Fish — particularly oily fish — contain omega-3 fatty acids, which are beneficial for the heart both in healthy people and in those who have cardiovascular disease, according to the American Heart Association.

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Coffee liqueur with coffee beans

What Is the Nutrition Information for Baileys?

According to the company website, over 2,300 glasses of Baileys are consumed every minute of every day in 180 countries where alcohol is legally consumed. Well, if we're drinking that much, maybe we should find out what's in it.

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Walnut Salad

Greek Salad Dressing Nutrition Facts

Learn more about the nutritional components in Greek salad dressing, a common condiment for salads, often used as a marinade for chicken and other meats as well.

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Calories in French Vanilla Coffee

Find out more about the nutritional composition of french vanilla coffee, a sweet treat in the morning, afternoon, or an accompaniment to dessert.

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Two glasses of white wine with cheese

White Wine Nutrition Information

For many people, a meal is not complete without a glass of wine. If white wine is your favorite — whether a bottle of something special or a restaurant's house wine — you can include it in your diet without worry.

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fish oil in wooden spoon

CoQ10 vs. Omega-3

Some of the most common dietary supplements used in the U.S. today are omega-3 and CoQ10. They are often consumed in order to improve brain or heart health.

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