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.

Sweet and Sour Chicken

The Difference Between Carbs & Calories

Without calories, the human body does not get the energy it needs to continue to fuel itself. All calories come from either fat, protein or carbohydrates. There are many types of carbohydrates. The term "carbohydrate"

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apples and pears

Nutritional Content of Pears vs. Apples

There are as many as 7,500 apples grown worldwide, and about 3,000 varieties of pears found around the globe. Nutritional content can vary depending on variety, as well as whether you're eating canned, fresh, dried or frozen apples or pears.

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Closeup of Cocoa Powder on spoon

Does Dark Chocolate Contain Caffeine?

The use of chocolate originated in South America around A.D. 250 to 900 with a bitter chocolate drink made from cacao beans. The creamy, sweet milk chocolate of today bears little resemblance to the chocolate that the Mayans created so many years ago.

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Fresh spinach in a wooden bowl, horizontal

Is Spinach High in Fiber?

When many people think of spinach, they immediately visualize the canned, mushy, sometimes unpleasantly flavored vegetable that Popeye slurped down. The reality is that spinach is a versatile lettuce that's a true nutritional powerhouse. Part of spinach's nutritional power comes from fiber.

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Iron tablets

Types of Iron Supplements

Iron is a metal that's essential to the functioning of the human body. Supplemental iron should be taken when diet alone does not provide adequate iron intake. If your doctor finds that you have iron-deficiency anemia, he will likely prescribe an oral iron supplement.

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Nachos

Doritos Chips Nutrition

There are dozens of flavors of Doritos tortilla chips, and nutrition facts vary slightly among these flavors. As a significant source of calories in a relatively small serving size and packing little nutritional value in their caloric punch, Doritos should be consumed in moderation.

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