Your body uses vitamin B-12 to synthesize DNA and to keep your nerves and blood cells healthy. If you have a vitamin B-12 deficiency, your doctor may prescribe a supplement because deficiency in this vitamin can cause serious health problems such as anemia.
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Your caloric intake need is based on your estimated energy expenditure, which varies based on your ideal body weight, activity level, age, height and gender.
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Each individual has different caloric needs based on gender, age, weight and activity level. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has determined average calorie needs for the general population, based on gender, activity level and age.
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In the past, weight management in obese people relied solely on low-calorie or hypocaloric diets. Through research and scientific breakthroughs, it is apparent that weigh loss in obese people can be better achieved through a combination of hypocaloric dieting, lifestyle modification and exercise.
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The number of calories your body burns each day simply existing depends on myriad factors including body fat, muscle mass, gender, age, hormones and overall health. This number can be calculated and is called basal metabolic rate, or BMR.
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Caloric requirements vary for infants, depending on a variety of factors such as current weight, body composition, birth weight, activity level, medical conditions, age and gender.
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Nutrition dictates more than a person's body mass index. The nutrition a child receives during the first few years of life can affect her health for years to come. Balanced nutrition is important to child development because children need specific nutrients to thrive and grow.
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Individual calorie needs vary because they are based on gender, age and activity level. On average, an 8-year-old girl should consume 1,400 to 1,800 calories each day depending on activity level.
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According to the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the average 14-year-old male needs about 2,200 to 3,200 calories per day, and the average female needs about 1,800 to 2,400 each day.
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The "D" and "L" specifications in the names of D-glucose and L-glucose are used to differentiate between two different shapes of the glucose molecule. D-glucose and L-glucose are enantiomers, meaning that their molecular structures are mirror images of each other.
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The B vitamins are thiamin, riboflavin, niacin, panothenic acid, vitamin B-6, biotin, folic acid and vitamin B-12. Vitamin C and the B vitamins are water-soluble, which means that your body excretes excess amounts of these vitamins in your urine.
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The glycemic index, or GI, is a method of ranking foods, from 0 to 100, based on how they influence your blood sugar levels. Higher GIs indicate foods that will cause your blood sugar to rise higher and faster than foods with lower GIs.
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Healthy eating may seem complicated and expensive with the large number of fad diets available. However, healthy eating is less complicated than you may think. It is possible to eat a healthy diet by choosing foods based on variety, balance and moderation.
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Shrimp and broccoli is a delicious entree served at many Chinese restaurants. Each Chinese restaurant may use a different recipe for its menu offerings, so the nutrition information in the dish may vary, along with the spiciness.
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The Pink Lady apple, also known as the Cripps Pink apple, is harvested in late October and can be found for sale from November through August each year. The pink color characteristic of Pink Lady apples is attributed to the temperatures they experience while growing in the fall.
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Salt water taffy has been a beach and boardwalk tradition since the late 1800s, when the sweet candy was introduced in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Taffy consists primarily of sugar, which accounts for the high amount of calories in this treat.
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Movie theaters are known for serving overpriced popcorn in inordinately large servings. While the number of calories in the buckets of popcorn from different movie theaters may vary in calorie count, the standard number of calories in 1 cup of oil-popped popcorn without butter is 55, according to the U.S.
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If you are counting calories but still looking for a delicious lunchtime treat, turkey breast lunch meat might be the way to go. You could enjoy this lunch meat in sandwiches or get creative and make turkey breast roll-ups with low-fat cheese, leafy greens and mustard.
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Penne pasta is a classic dried pasta shape, structured as a tube, much like ziti. Dried tube pastas tend to have ridges on the outside so that they can grab on to the pasta sauce and adhere to it. This pasta shape is a straight tube, cut off at each end in an angle.
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The food from your favorite Chinese restaurant probably contains a reasonably low amount of saturated and trans fat, but likely, it will provide you with a larger number of calories, says the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Ordering vegetable lo mein will help keep your caloric intake in check.
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