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.

bottles of herbal tea

Facts on Lipton Green Tea in Bottles

Lipton Tea has been around since 1893, when Thomas J Lipton opened a tea packing company in Hoboken, New Jersey. After years of producing Lipton tea bags, they added bottled iced green tea to their product mix.

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Calories in Scrambled Eggs on Toast

Scrambled eggs on toast is a popular breakfast item that can be bought at fast-food drive-throughs or made easily at home. The calories will vary accordingly and depend on the number of eggs, quantity of butter and the type and amount of bread used.

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How Many Calories in a Large Movie Popcorn?

A large serving of movie popcorn is high in calories and loaded with fat, especially saturated fat. It's not just the buttery topping that is pumped onto the popcorn, it's also the oils the popcorn is fried in, such as coconut or canola oil, that add calories.

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Calories in Green Salads

The greens in a green salad can include iceberg, romaine, spinach, arugula, red leaf and any other green lettuce. Vegetables such as tomato, carrot and cucumber may also be tossed in. Calories will vary based on ingredients, serving size and the dressing you choose.

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Beef steak

Calories in a Steak Dinner

A steak dinner has beef as the main attraction and vegetables such as potatoes, mushrooms, asparagus and bell peppers as side dishes. A steak dinner can be homemade or ordered in a restaurant.

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Ground Chuck (beef)

How Lean Is Ground Chuck?

Along with ground round and ground sirloin, ground chuck is a type of ground beef. Each cut has varying degrees of fat versus lean content. Ground chuck must come from only the chuck cuts of beef, which are located in the shoulder area and are more fatty than round or sirloin cuts.

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Stevia

How Is Stevia Processed?

Stevia is a South American herb that has been used for hundreds of years as a sweetener. It contains compounds called glycosides -- or more specifically, steviosides -- that produce the intensely sweet taste, but provide no calories.

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