Cooking & Baking Tips: Healthy Fats, Grain Prep & Substitutes

Mastering the kitchen involves understanding healthy fat profiles, variety-specific grain preparation, and safe food handling techniques.

How Much Garlic Equals an Antibiotic?

Antibiotics are medications used to fight infections, particularly if the infections are bacterial. Some herbs and foods, including garlic, have natural antibiotic properties.

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Which Is Best: Stevia, Sugar or Honey?

You can add a number of products to foods to make them sweeter. Honey, stevia and table sugar are three such products, each with different properties. Although each of these products can be deemed "natural," they affect your body in different ways, so you need to look at several factors to determine which one to use.

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Intestinal Inflammation After Sugar Alcohol

Your intestines are sensitive to inflammation, which can cause pain, diarrhea and bleeding. One thing that can affect the health of your intestines is what foods you eat. Sugar alcohols are a type of carbohydrate in the diet that can cause intestinal problems, though they do not directly cause inflammation.

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Honey as a Probiotic

Prebiotic and probiotic substances can help you maintain the health of your digestive tract by affecting the bacteria in your gastrointestinal system. Honey is not normally a probiotic substance, but it can serve as a prebiotic.

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