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.
Founded in 1964, Tim Hortons has become a Canadian institution, serving coffee and donuts at over 3000 locations across North America. The Tim Hortons Double Double, a coffee served with two creams and two sugars, has become one of the chain’s trademarks.
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Sugar is found in a variety of foods, some of which you may not have even considered. Found in everything from breakfast cereal to bread, refined sugar can add a lot of calories and carbohydrates into your diet if you aren't careful.
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Vitamins provide essential nutrients, necessary for the growth and development of every organ, blood cell and bone in the body. Vitamins are classified as either fat-soluble or water-soluble. Water-soluble vitamins are not stored in the body, so it’s important to provide an adequate supply through a balanced diet.
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Fiber is an essential component of a balanced diet. It's present in all plants and can't be digested by the human body, so instead of providing nutrients, it actively bulks up stool to make it easier to pass through the digestive system.
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If you are looking for a low-calorie snack to satisfy your sweet tooth, you may consider reaching for a Rice Krispies Treat. Kellogg’s suggests that this snack is a lower-fat alternative to high-calorie foods such as chips, cookies and pastries.
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Coke and other carbonated colas are deeply embedded in American culture. You can buy a cola at almost any employee break room, convenience store or restaurant. Although colas are popular, they're also high in calories and devoid of helpful nutrients.
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While a small cinnamon roll can be relatively easy to fit into a healthy diet as an occasional indulgence, the extra-large, frosting-covered options can contain almost half of your daily calorie allotment. A mini roll can give you a taste of this treat without all of the calories.
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Vital wheat gluten -- the natural protein found in wheat -- boosts dietary protein and fills an essential role in baking. Most people can consume wheat gluten without thinking twice, but if you have celiac disease, a wheat allergy or you're sensitive to gluten, you'll need to keep vital wheat gluten out of your diet.
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Udon noodles are common in Japanese cuisine. These wheat-based noodles are often used to add flavor and texture to thin soup broths. Depending on what else you mix in an udon soup, the calorie count for this dish will vary.
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Although you need cholesterol to produce hormones and the bile acids needed for digestion, high cholesterol significantly increases your risk of heart disease. More than 30 percent of Americans have high levels of LDL, or “bad,” cholesterol, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Switching to a diet soda can help reduce your caloric intake, especially if you're already a soda drinker. Most diet sodas, like Diet Pepsi, contain no calories, so drinking a can or two won't increase your caloric intake by itself.
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Olive oil is prized for its nutty, earthy flavor and its high concentration of monounsaturated fatty acids, which can reduce bad cholesterol levels and help lower the risk for heart disease and stroke. Some people even claim it can treat acid reflux, but there isn't any evidence to support this.
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Loxoprofen sodium is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, or NSAID, marketed under various trade names in Brazil, Japan, Argentina and Mexico. It is not approved for use in the United States. Loxoprofen is in the same chemical family as ibuprofen, naproxen and ketoprofen.
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Calories refer to the amount of energy released by food, which is determined by the content of carbohydrates, protein and fat. You can either use that energy through physical activity or the body stores it in the form of fat for future use.
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Advocates of negative calorie diets suggest that the energy you use to chew, swallow, digest and excrete certain foods exceeds the caloric content of the food. They claim, for example, you can spend 80 calories digesting 25 calories of broccoli. Credible research raises questions about these claims.
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Americans eat over 355 extra calories a day from added sugar, says the American Heart Association. One gram of sugar contains 3.87 calories.
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Whether dipped into melted chocolate, baked into a pie, sliced onto cold cereal or eaten straight out of the pint, strawberries are a low-calorie source of essential nutrients. They're particularly rich in vitamin C.
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The Smirnoff version of a wine cooler is its Ice product line. These are ready-to-drink malt beverages, often called malternatives because they are similar to beer, that come in a variety of flavors.
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Eating vegetable soup is a great way to get your daily veggies, but to keep it low in carbs, don’t randomly grab any old can of soup off the shelf. Commercially prepared soups have more carbs than a homemade soup made with fresh vegetables. Don’t worry though, a basic vegetable soup is quick and simple to make.
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Flavored coffee beans may seem like a relatively new trend in the West, but coffee lovers having been adding flavors to their coffee for centuries. Originally, nuts and berries were added to the coffee itself to flavor it. Advances in technology have allowed for flavor to be added directly to the bean.
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