Your children's nails can tell you a lot about their health. A change in shape or color may indicate a fungal or yeast infection, while pitting may be a sign of psoriasis. Even what your child eats, or doesn't eat, can affect nail health.
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Hibachi is a style of cooking that originated in China, although it is more commonly associated with Japanese cooking. The hibachi is a small bowl-shaped portable heater with a grille on top.
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China Slim may help you lose some weight, but it's not the kind of weight loss that lasts. Like any product that promises a quick fix to your weight problem, it's not a permanent solution and may be unsafe. A healthy approach to weight loss includes a sensible diet and increasing your activity level.
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When it comes to light meat or dark meat, everyone has a taste preference. But if your first choice is the drumstick or the wing, nutritionally it comes at a price. There's a reason nutritionists recommend that you eat more light meat chicken than dark meat.
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Sweet sesame seed balls are a Chinese sweet treat usually eaten on special occasions such as Chinese New Year. Only a few ingredients are needed to make sweet sesame seed balls, including brown candy -- also known as peen tong -- glutinous rice flour, red bean paste and sesame seeds.
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It's always better to get your antioxidants from food rather than a pill, and superoxide dismutase, or SOD, is found in a variety of different foods. However, your body is unable to metabolize and absorb the SOD from the food you eat, according to 2006 article published in The Austin Chronicle.
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The oatcake is a Scottish specialty that originated in Staffordshire. It is similar to a pancake, and is made using oatmeal, flour, water and yeast. However, unlike the pancake, the oatcake is usually topped with savory foods, such as cheese and bacon.
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They may cause you to shed a few tears, but Americans certainly do like their onions, eating 20 pounds per person in 2009, according to the National Onion Association. That's up 8 pounds since 1982. Both red and white onions are sweet and mild and make flavorful additions to a variety of dishes, both raw and cooked.
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Now you have no excuse for not including watermelon in your diet. Not only are they seedless, but mini watermelons are so small, measuring 6 inches in diameter and weighing 3 to 7 pounds, you can easily take one with you to work for lunch.
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Masa is a type of corn flour used to make the dough for tamales and empanadas. It is made by soaking the whole corn kernel in a calcium-rich lime water, which helps remove the outer skin, then drying and grounding the remainder.
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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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