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.

Grapefruit with slices.

Benefits of Eating Grapefruit

Grapefruit, whose botanical name means "fruit of paradise," is a relative of the orange, with segmented, juicy flesh and a clean, tangy flavor. These fruits are categorized as red, pink or white by their interior color.

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Lavender Companion Plants

Lavender, botanically known as Lavandula angustifola, is a perennial aromatic herb that features tall spikelets of purple flowers. Gardeners prize lavender for its soothing fragrance, attractive blooms and pleasing foliage. Lavender can grow to 2 feet high, making it a striking backdrop for smaller plants.

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The Benefits of Silica Cell Salts

Homeopathy is based on the belief that "like cures like." Practitioners treat symptoms by prescribing infinitesimal amounts of a substance that--in larger amounts--would cause the same symptoms in a healthy person. Silica, or silicea, is a homeopathic remedy made from distilled and diluted silicon dioxide.

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How to Stop Excessive Burping

If you burp excessively, you have aerophagia to thank. That's the medical term for swallowing air, and it's the major cause of burping. "The Doctor's Book of Home Remedies"

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How to Heal Vertigo With Ginger

Vertigo, or dizziness—the sensation that your surroundings are spinning—can happens when you stand up too quickly or make changes in the position of your head. It can be caused by sinus or inner ear infections, but one form is called benign paroxysmal positional vertigo.

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