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.

Skim Milk and Calcium Absorption

Skim or fat-free milk can be a key component of a healthy diet. Drinking skim milk can actually give you more calcium than whole milk. While there are nutrients bound to fat in foods, calcium is not found in the fatty portion of milk.

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What Is Considered One Serving Size?

Sitting at a restaurant staring down a large plate of pasta can be both an enjoyable and overwhelming prospect. According to the Portion Distortion Quiz from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, a plate of spaghetti and meatballs averaged 500 calories in 1983.

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