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.
Glucose gets broken down from the carbohydrates in foods and drinks to provide all your muscles and organs with fast-acting fuel. When you work out, your body uses glucose for muscle function, and after you work out, it also requires glucose to rebuild your muscles with protein.
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Air gets into your system either through swallowing it or from bacteria breaking down undigested food in the large intestine. You can swallow air while drinking water, especially if you're trying to drink too much too fast.
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Gas is a presence of air in your digestive tract, sometimes caused by the breakdown of certain foods, and bloating can be a symptom of gas. Because there's air in your system, it can feel as though your abdomen is swollen and heavy.
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White tea, green tea, black tea and oolong tea are all processed from the same tea leaves. White and green tea are less processed than black and oolong tea, allowing them to retain more health benefits.
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Bread and potatoes aren't necessarily unhealthy, but you may choose to exclude them from your diet or eat them in small amounts if you're diabetic to help prevent blood sugar spikes. Low-carb weight-loss diets such as the Atkins diet exclude bread and potatoes because they're high in carbohydrates.
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The speed of your metabolism is the rate at which your body burns fuel for energy. The main determinant of metabolic speed is not what you eat, but how much muscle mass you have, which is determined by how much you exercise. However, drinking more water can slightly boost your metabolism.
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Green tea is rich in polyphenols -- a class of antioxidants that counteract cell damage done by free radicals, which have been known to contribute to disease.
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Drinking too much water can cause you to experience headaches as a symptom of hyponatremia -- that is, low sodium concentration levels in your blood. You may have eaten enough salt, but if you drink too much water without increasing your sodium intake, the imbalance is enough to cause health problems.
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Ginger's active compounds work to reduce nausea, ease stomach and intestinal discomfort and reduce inflammation. Folk medical systems around the world have traditionally used this herb as medicine for stomach, heart and inflammatory conditions, as well as for colds and flus.
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You could get leg cramps any time, though they are most likely to occur while you're working your leg muscles during exercise. Your muscles require more minerals when they're being used for physical exercise. According to Enette Larson-Mayer, author of "Vegetarian Sports Nutrition,"
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As long as what you put into your protein shake is healthy and part of an overall balanced diet, it's great to have one every day, but it's not always necessary for meeting your protein requirement.
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The only way to lose weight is to expend more calories than you consume from food so your body can burn off stores of fat. Replacing high-calorie foods with low-calorie foods that are also fiber-rich and therefore more filling will help you create this calorie deficit.
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The glycemic index is a measurement scale from 1 to 100 that rates foods based on how they affect blood sugar. High-glycemic foods, which are 70 and higher on the scale, spike your blood sugar the fastest. Medium-glycemic foods range from 56 to 69, and low-glycemic foods are 55 and under.
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You may think that juice that is not from concentrate is better than juice that is from concentrate. However, if no additional ingredients, such as sugar and chemical preservatives, are added to a "from concentrate" juice, it's no worse for you than a juice that's not from concentrate. "Not from concentrate"
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Wolfberries, typically called Goji berries and sometimes called Chinese wolfberries or lycium berries, are edible berries that pack a nutritious punch. Ancient Chinese medical practitioners used wolfberries to treat dry skin and dry cough, and to promote longevity and improve sexual desire.
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Jasmine tea is made of green tea leaves that have been scented with jasmine flowers. At night, when the pleasant fragrance of jasmine flowers is at its strongest, the flowers are placed on the green tea leaves to scent them.
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