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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The 5 Stages of a Juice Fast

Thinking of starting a juice fast? Go through Joe's journey on a 3-day juice cleanse and see if his results are typical of what most experience during and after his detox diet.

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Should I Be Eating Soy?

It happens again and again. There is a food that the public eats — one that mankind has consumed for a very long time.

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The Health Benefits of Hot Sauce

New Mexico State University is home to the Chile Pepper Institute (which holds the rare and laudable distinction of being the only interesting institute in the world.

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Is Eating Carbs REALLY Bad for Me?

I’m pretty sure carbs are trying to kill me. It’s not like they’re meeting in a diner and exchanging envelopes and calling each other later to say, “That thing? It’s done.

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The Truth About Canola Oil

Maybe you’ve heard from friends, read the articles or seen the videos. Canola, they say, is harmful. Some even claim it’s a killer.

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Is Eating Fatty Food Actually Bad for Me?

You’ve probably heard that fat is bad for you. Food manufacturers market and sell fat-free and low-fat products. Restaurants trim fat off meat. And when folks like Dr. Robert Atkins said we should eat more fat and less cereal, they were shouted down by a legion of nutritional experts.

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