Nutritional planning involves balancing macronutrients, understanding calorie formulas, and identifying the functional properties of whole foods to manage weight and chronic conditions effectively.
While overall adequate nutrition is important for maintaining healthy fingernails among other things, vitamin B-12 deficiency may be evident in changes to your fingernails. If you notice any changes in your fingernails such as brittleness, discoloration or streaks, speak with your doctor.
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Eating a diet higher in nonacidic foods than acidic foods can benefit your health since it means you'll be consuming a diet higher in fruits and vegetables and lower in sodium. Reducing the total acid in your diet may help prevent chronic disease such as cancer, osteoporosis, hypertension and stroke.
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There are three major types of carbohydrates -- starch, sugar and fiber. Starch is a complex carbohydrate, made up of a series of simple sugar molecules linked together. Significant amounts of starch can be found in a variety of plant foods.
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Vitamin H is biotin or vitamin B-7. Biotin helps convert your food to energy and is needed for healthy hair and nails. According to the Institute of Medicine, the adequate intake for biotin is 30 micrograms for adults aged 19 and older.
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When you hear about good and bad cholesterol, it is referring to cholesterol in your blood, not in the foods you eat. High-density lipoprotein, or HDL, carries cholesterol away from your arteries to be excreted.
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If you sometimes feel lightheaded, it may be a result of your diet and lifestyle, and you may be able to treat and prevent it by making some changes. However, if you frequently feel lightheaded regardless of what you do and cannot identify why, you should alert your doctor.
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If you have diabetes, you can eat dried fruit for fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants -- just not as much as you could if it were in an alternative form, such as fresh, frozen or canned in its own juice without added sugar. This is because dried fruit is higher in sugar than other forms of fruit.
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Vitamins are classified as being either water-soluble or fat-soluble. There are four fat-soluble vitamins -- A, D, E and K. Excess fat-soluble vitamins accumulate in your body, while the water-soluble vitamins are excreted. Fat-soluble vitamins are stored in your fat tissues and your liver.
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