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.

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How Many Calories Does a Teenage Boy Need?

Adolescence is a time of rapid growth, change and development. With obesity and chronic disease on the rise, teenage boys should eat a balanced diet to ensure proper growth but also to maintain their optimum weight. A teen’s calorie needs are based on many factors including body size, rate of growth and activity level.

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How Many Calories Should a 3 Year Old Eat?

A balanced diet can help your 3-year-old achieve optimal growth and development and create healthy eating habits that reduce the risk for chronic diseases and obesity.

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Symptoms of Low B12

Vitamin B-12, also called cobalamin, helps make DNA and keeps nerve and blood cells healthy. A deficiency in Vitamin B-12 can cause irreversible damage to the nerve cells and impair the quality of life. One in five adults over age 51 has a vitamin B-12 deficiency. Adults get 2.

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