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.

Steam escaping from new pressure cooker pot

How to Cook a Prime Rib Roast in a Pressure Cooker

Steam under pressure gets hotter than steam allowed to dissipate into the air. This is the principle behind pressure cooking, which uses pressurized steam to quickly cook foods while keeping them moist. Pressure cookers are often used to tenderize meat, especially tough cuts of meat.

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Spaghetti with minced meat and tomato sauce

Basil Allergy Reasons

Basil allergies are rare, but the symptoms of this malady can be just as distressing as those of common food sensitivities. Reactions can cause hives, welts on the face and mouth, runny nose, itchy eyes, shortness of breath, nausea and vomiting shortly after consumption.

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What Happens If You Eat Bad Ground Beef?

Beef that has been undercooked, contaminated with raw meat juice or left out at room temperature for several hours may become tainted with insidious bacteria. Even the strong gastrointestinal juices in your stomach do not kill these bacteria, which will multiply inside the human body at an exponential rate.

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