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.
If you're intolerant to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley, you know how hard it is to find a good-tasting bread. Most gluten-free breads are dense, dry and expensive. But wheat bread may be making a comeback for the gluten-intolerant thanks to new research on sourdough.
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Getting enough calcium in your diet during pregnancy is not only important for your baby's bones but yours too. While it's not safe for you to drink raw milk, you can drink calcium-rich cultured milk, also known as buttermilk, as long as it's pasteurized.
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While both milk and half-and-half are good sources of protein and calcium, if you're looking for ways to cut calories and fat from your diet, you might want to consider substituting milk for half-and-half in your coffee.
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Singapore noodles are a type of noodle dish found in Chinese restaurants. It includes thin rice noodles, peas, Cantonese-style pork and shrimp, and is seasoned with Indian red curry. Nutrition information for this Chinese dish can vary depending on the recipe and chef.
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Although it is a substance found naturally in plants, caffeine is considered a drug. While most adults can safely consume 2 to 4 cups of coffee daily without feeling any ill effects from the caffeine, combining caffeine with certain medications can be very harmful.
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Despite how it's marketed, apple cider vinegar is not a cure-all, but it does have elements that may be beneficial for digestion. The sweet and sour vinegar is a prebiotic and contains easy-to-digest carbs, both of which might be helpful in digestion.
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As far as grains go, wheat and rice run neck-and-neck in terms of consumption. But when it comes to nutrition, rice -- specifically brown rice -- might make the healthier option, because your body utilizes the carbohydrate and protein content of brown rice than it does wheat.
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The ketogenic diet is a low-carbohydrate diet used as a form of treatment for seizures, as well as a diet to promote weight loss. The premise of the diet is to get you in a state of ketosis so that your body uses its own fat cells for energy, instead of glucose.
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The French baguette is a thin, long loaf of crusty bread with a soft interior traditionally made from white flour and is named after the French word for "wand." The French baguette originated in Paris but can be found in bakeries all over the world.
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A cow's rib cage is about 3 feet in length, and the short ribs come from the lower half of the rib cage, closer to the loin. Short ribs are a tough meat but highly marbled in fat and full of flavor. Braising, a process that cooks the ribs slowly in liquid, tenderizes the meat while adding even more flavor.
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The Chinese have been eating tofu since 200 B.C. Tofu, also known as bean curd, is cheese-like product made from curdling soy milk. It is a high-quality plant-based protein that takes on the flavor of the food it is mixed with.
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While some people may believe that the acidity and alkalinity of their food has a tremendous effect on health, the only part of the body that may be affected is your kidneys, according to a 2012 article published in the Journal of Environmental and Public Health.
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When you want to lose weight and keep it from coming back, you need to lose it the healthy way. While you may be tempted to try one of those crash diets like the shake diet your friend is on, in the long run it's not the best way to go.
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While it's OK to eat Italian sausage, it's not the type of meat you should eat all the time or in large quantities. Made with pork and flavored with garlic and fennel or anise, Italian sausage -- whether sweet or spicy -- is high in calories, fat and sodium.
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That soft noodle filling the bowl of your Vietnamese pho is not spaghetti but vermicelli rice noodles. These noodles, made from ground rice, are found throughout Asia and are used in a number of different cuisines including Thai and Chinese, in addition to Vietnamese.
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Drinking a sweet and spicy beverage may warm you up and satisfy a need for something honeyed, but it may not detox your body of harmful substances or promote weight loss as claimed.
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Ten percent to 15 percent of adults in the United States experience the abdominal pain and bowel irregularity caused by irritable bowel syndrome, according to the National Institute of Digestive and Diabetes and Kidney Diseases. Finding ways to manage the disease not only improves symptoms but life quality as well.
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You may believe your food choices caused your gynecomastia, which is the enlargement of breast tissue in men. However, there's no association between any food and breast enlargement in men, and no special food you need to eat or avoid when you have the condition.
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When you're young, you may not give nutrition much thought. But what you eat as a young adult can affect your energy, your appearance and your health. It's important that you eat a variety of foods from all the food groups so that you get all the essential nutrients your body needs to function at its best.
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Buckwheat groats, also known as kasha or just simply groats, are a cereal grain with origins in central Asia. They have a nutty flavor and soft texture, and cook in less than 15 minutes. If you're looking for a healthy side dish to accompany meals, consider buckwheat groats.
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