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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Curd vs. Yogurt Nutritional Facts

Dairy products can be a nutritional minefield. Dairy contains the important mineral calcium, but is loaded with calories and saturated fats that can contribute to weight gain and heart disease.

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What Happens If I Eat Sugar in Ketosis?

The state of Ketosis is achieved through the use of either a low carbohydrate diet or in a state of starvation. Essentially your body has been restricted in glucose containing carbohydrates; glucose is your bodies primary fuel source for long enough to need to resort to alternative sources of fuel.

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What Are the Benefits of Bone Meal Supplements?

Dietary supplements are a multibillion-dollar industry that taps into the public's growing awareness of health and nutrition issues. Bone meal supplements take advantage of the association between bone components, especially calcium, and nutritional needs.

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Is Eating Too Much Sugar Bad for the Pancreas?

Your body likes sugar because it's a concentrated source of energy -- something your ancestors needed in immediate and abundant supply. Modern life is less rigorous, yet has greater availability of sugar for the average human being.

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How Many Calories Are in Chicken Cordon Bleu?

Chefs make chicken cordon bleu by stuffing a chicken breast with ham and cheese, then breading and frying up the combination. Home cooks and restaurants have different recipes for this popular dish. The United States Department of Agriculture, USDA, provides information for a typical serving.

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How to Cook Soup With a Rice Cooker

The name of a rice-cooker may imply that it's meant to cook only one thing; However, all a rice cooker does is boil a liquid until it reaches a set temperature, then keep the contents warm until you tell it otherwise. This is essentially the same process for making many soups.

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How to Cook Chorizo Links

Chorizo is a pork sausage popular in Mexican cooking, made from pork, chili pepper and other spices. Traditionally, it is cut up into mixed dishes such as huevos rancheros, but you can cook links of chorizo just like you would any other link sausage.

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Difference Between Sunflower Oil & Corn Oil

During the '70s and '80s, fats and oils were considered universally bad. During the 1990s, research found that only some kinds of fats and oils were bad -- and that plant oils could actually help prevent the cardiovascular problems previously associated with all fats.

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List of Foods With High Dextrose

The simple sugar dextrose is another name for glucose, according to information published by health maintenance organization Kaiser Permanente. Many food labels list "dextrose" because of negative public association with glucose.

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The Calories in an Extra Large Apple

Apples are widely held as a healthy snack food. Although apples are nutritious, and in all ways better than candy or potato chips, "Eat, Drink and Be Healthy," author Walter Willett warns that apples and other fruits are high in calories.

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How Many Calories Should a Competitive Swimmer Eat?

Swimming competitively is a highly demanding activity. Olympic record-holding legend Michael Phelps ate 12,000 calories per day when training for competition. How much an individual swimmer needs will vary according to personal metabolism and training regimen.

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Lactose-Free Milk & Cholesterol

Less than 70 percent of the adult human population is capable of digesting the milk sugar lactose. Not content to stop consuming dairy, humankind has instead invented lactose-free milk. The changes to milk necessary to render it safe for the lactose-intolerant changes its nutrition profile at a fundamental level.

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Masai ostrich (Struthio camelus) sitting and watching, Masai Mara, Kenya

Ostrich Meat Nutritional Facts

Because it's still an exotic meat, most Americans encounter ostrich as a food source in between two hamburger buns. Ostrich patties provide a healthy alternative to ground beef patties, and many people consider them tastier and more interesting than turkey or chicken.

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Wonton Soup Nutrition Information

Wonton soup is a salty brew containing vegetables, egg, spices and its eponymous Chinese dumplings. Wonton soup is a staple at many Chinese restaurants. Each restaurant or prepackaged supply house has its own variations on the basic nutritional theme. But information from the U.S.

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Ramen Noodle Nutrition Facts

Ramen noodles can be a quick and easy meal if you’re on the go or a perfect addition to Asian-themed dishes, but they’re probably not something you’ll want to include in your diet regularly. While they may seem harmless enough, ramen noodles are high in calories and fat.

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Whole wheat flour mexican tortillas

Nutriton Facts: Wheat Vs. Flour Tortillas

Many popular recipes call for tortillas. Some work just fine with either whole wheat or flour tortillas. For others, the differences in taste and texture can spoil or perfect a dish. The differences between wheat and white flour tortillas also go beyond aesthetics, into the realm of nutrition.

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Nutritional Value of Banana Peppers

"Superfoods Rx" author Steven Pratt recommends peppers as a food that is as unusually good for you as fast food hamburgers are unusually bad. "Good Eats" host Alton Brown recommends the sweet and spicy banana pepper for dishes ranging from stir fry to ice cream.

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