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.
With fresh veggies, olives and a sprinkling of feta cheese, Greek salads are full of low-calorie ingredients. Omit the dressing, and your salad becomes extremely light fare. If you're watching calories but still want some zest and moisture, try dipping your fork into the dressing before spearing your vegetables.
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In a busy life, having simple, easy to prepare meals can help to alleviate the stress of putting dinner on the table. However, it is important to make sure these meals are healthy, too. Uncle Ben’s rice is fast and easy to cook, but be careful when picking one to eat. Some are healthy options, but not all of them are.
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Creme fraiche, a French specialty is a thick and smooth soured cream, well loved for its nutty flavor and velvety texture. Creme fraiche is enjoyed in both sweet and savory dishes, making an excellent addition to everything from soups to cakes and pies.
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Vegetable curry from Thai restaurants seems like a healthy, low-calorie choice. After all, it’s free of fatty meat and packed with fresh, tender veggies. Vegetarian dining doesn’t always mean low-calorie dining, however, especially if you order a curry that’s cooked in a rich sauce of full-fat coconut milk.
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Rum is distilled from sugar cane and molasses and aged in oak barrels. It has the quality of mixing easily with other flavors. This makes rum a popular alcohol year round. In winter, the rich flavor of rum adds to coffee and other hot drinks and in summer months is the perfect companion to fruit juices and sodas.
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If you enjoy the taste of beer, but do not wish to drink alcohol, non-alcoholic versions are available. Beck's provides you with the taste of beer, while allowing you to drive home safely and without packing in large numbers of extra calories.
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Cointreau is a premium brand of triple sec, an orange-flavored liqueur made from the dried peels of Curacao oranges. Cointreau is produced in France at the Remy Cointreau distillery. There are fewer calories in an ounce of Cointreau than in an ounce of a typical triple sec liqueur.
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Up to 1/5 of the population comes down with the flu each year, says Chrystle Fiedler, author of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Natural Remedies." The flu is often accompanied by symptoms such as headache, fever, chills, body aches, cough and runny nose.
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Developed in the late 1800s, cornflakes became the first commercially available ready-to-eat breakfast cereal in 1906. Popular brands of cornflakes are typically prepared from milled corn, malt flavoring and sugar and contain added vitamins and minerals.
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Available in powder, flake and tablet form, spirulina -- a type of blue-green algae -- has high concentrations of phytonutrients, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.
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A bowl of chili is often a staple of football-watching parties, but you don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy this Southern-inspired dish that typically blends beef, beans and peppers.
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The hamstring muscles are generally an under-developed muscle group in the body, especially for women. The hamstrings are on the back of the leg and consist of three muscles: the biceps femoris, the semitendinosus and the semimembranosus.
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Alcohol cravings are likened to the urge of hunger, which varies in intensity as well as symptoms. A report from the American Psychological Association says that alcohol cravings occur as a physiological response to internal or external cues, such as pleasant memories of drinking or the scent of alcohol.
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Fish are a nutritious source of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to promote a healthy cardiovascular system and reduce the risk of heart disease. As an alternative to fish consumption, omega-3 fatty acids and other fish oils can be extracted from fish products and offered as fish oil supplements.
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Hard candies come in an assortment of flavors, ranging from types of mint to fruit varieties to root beer and butterscotch. Despite the wide array of hard candies, many have very similar amounts of calories.
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Garbanzo beans, also called chickpeas, are used in many traditional dishes across the Middle East and East. These beans are full of protein, fiber and are loaded with vitamins and minerals.
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Mashing up perfectly browned and sweetened bananas to use in your favorite banana bread recipe may make you think you’re getting a healthy treat. But once those bananas are mixed up with all the other ingredients and baked to a decadently sweet perfection, you’ll be getting a high-calorie piece of bread.
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Processed foods and beverages often contain non-nutritive substances added to enhance the products in some way, be it for flavoring, coloring or preserving. Potassium citrate is an additive found in soft drinks as well as candy and ice creams. The U.S.
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Palm kernel oil, which is extracted from the nut, or kernel, of a species of African palm tree, is commonly referred to as tropical oil. Palm kernel oil is primarily composed of fatty triglycerides, with approximately 80 percent saturated fats and 20 percent unsaturated fats.
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Croscarmellose sodium is a commonly used matrix to deliver drugs to the intestines. Stabilizing sodium carboxymethylcellulose produces croscarmellose sodium. The Food and Drug Administration has approved croscarmellose sodium for use as an inactive ingredient in any pharmaceutical.
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